Everything about Constellations hehehehe.pptx

All about constellations, what they symbolize in diff cultures and beliefs

1. Prominent Constellations

2. Let’s get started

3. GUESS ME!

4. CYGNUS

5. AQUILA

6. DRACO

7. LYRA

8. CANIS MAJOR

9. Activity: Prominent Constellations! Directions: In a team, students/learners identify the different prominent constellation during winter, summer, spring and autumn.

10. WINTER constellations are the constellations that are best observed in the evening night sky from late December to late March in the northern hemisphere and from late June to late September in the southern hemisphere.

11. The most prominent northern winter constellations are Auriga , Canis Major , Canis Minor , Carina , Eridanus , Gemini , Monoceros , Orion and Taurus . Southern winter constellations are the same as northern summer constellations.

12. SUMMER constellations are the constellations that are best seen in the evening night sky from late June to late September in the northern hemisphere and from late December to late March in the southern hemisphere . .

13. In addition to the circumpolar constellations – Cassiopeia , Cepheus , Draco , Ursa Major and Ursa Minor in the northern hemisphere and Carina , Centaurus and Crux in the southern – there are several prominent constellations that dominate the summer sky.

14. For northern observers, these are the three constellations whose brightest stars ( Altair , Deneb and Vega ) form the Summer Triangle – Aquila , Cygnus and Lyra –along with the southern zodiac constellation Sagittarius and Scorpius , and the large constellations .

15. SPRING C onstellations are the constellations that are best seen in the evening night sky from late March to late June in the northern hemisphere and from late September to late December in the southern hemisphere. The most prominent northern spring constellations are Ursa Major , Bootes , Leo , Cancer , Virgo and Hydra .

16. How Early People Used the Constellations ?

17. - While constellations were associated with religion, they also have practical uses. Before the calendars, people had no way of determining when to sow or harvest except by looking at these patterns in the sky.

18. STAReactions!

19. Why some stars visible in March but not visible in September?

20. Some stars are visible in March but not in December because the earth rotate on its axis causing the night movement of stars in the sky.

21. Assignment: Write True if the statement is correct and write False if the statement is incorrect. 1. Different patterns are formed in different months. 2. Canis major and perseus are prominent during summer. 3. During spring, Cygnus and Lyra are the prominent constellation. 4. During winter, Gemini and Taurus are prominent constellation. 5. Some stars visible in March but not visible in September due to Earth’s Revolution

22. “ DO not jusk look at the stars. BE ONE”

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