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Results Sheet # 6- Seasonal Constellation 6-1
RESULTS SHEET #6: Seasonal Constellations NAME ______________________________ DATE ___________________SECTION_____________________ PART 1: VIEWING ZODIACAL CONSTELLATIONS In the table below, name the zodiacal constellations that can be seen at midnight when the Sun appears to be in each of the constellations listed. Remember that it is noon at the point on Earth facing the Sun (the point on Earth where the arrow in the display originates) and midnight at the point on Earth facing away from the Sun (the point on Earth opposite where the arrow originates). You will need to use the scroll bars beside and below the Orbit and Earth
display to adjust the display and complete the table. Also, you can refer to Textbook Chapter 2-1. Answer choices to fill in the table below
: Pisces, Gemini, Ophiuchus, Virgo. Sun appears to be in Constellation seen high in the sky at midnight Pisces Gemini Virgo Sagittarius How long does it take (in months) for the constellation that the Sun appears to be in to become the constellation that is visible at midnight? _____________________
Results Sheet # 6- Seasonal Constellation 6-2 PART 2: SEASONAL STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS For each season in the table below, record the names of the constellations you can see in the southern sky and some of their bright stars from the list below. Constellations answer choices for the table below: Fornax, Microscopium, Pyxis, Lupus Season (Month) Major Constellation Spring (May) Summer (August) Fall (November) Winter (February)
Results Sheet # 6- Seasonal Constellation 6-3 PART 3: WHAT’S UP AND WHEN?
Record which of the four seasonal groups (the constellations of spring, summer, fall, or winter) you saw (or did not see) in each position on each date. Choices to fill the table below: Velpecula, Bootes, Cancer, Aries. Each of these choice can be used three times. Season Constellations Seen Constellations Seen in Constellations Seen Setting (Month) Rising in the East the Southern Sky in the West Spring (May) Summer (August) Fall (November) Winter (February) Examine your table to fill in the blanks in the following sentences: Constellations that you saw rising in the east in the spring
will be (constellation seen rising in the southern sky/ the constellation seen setting in the west)________________________________________________________ in the summer
and (constellation seen in the southern sky/ the constellation seen setting in the west)________________________________________________ in the fall
. You will not see them at all in the _____________________ (winter/spring/summer/fall). Constellations that you saw in the southern sky in the winter
will be setting in the west in the ___________________(winter/spring/summer/fall). You will not see them at all in the _____________________(winter/spring/summer/fall), and they will be again rising in the east in the _____________________(winter/spring/summer/fall).
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