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AGES 8 AND UP

2002

 Planetarium and Guided Audio Tour

 Planetarium and Guided Audio Tour

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 Instruction Manual

Содержание Star Theater 2

Страница 1: ...AGES 8 AND UP 2002 Planetarium and Guided Audio Tour Planetarium and Guided Audio Tour Instruction Manual ...

Страница 2: ...e Care and Maintenance Meteors and Comets The Constellations The Moving Sky The Constellations of the Zodiac Into the Night With Your Planetarium How to Find the Visible Planets Learn More About Astronomy Planet Information Table Annual Meteor Showers Planet Position Tables 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 10 10 11 13 13 14 14 15 Audio CD script by Susan Cannon Music and audio production by Donovan Reimer ...

Страница 3: ...ject the night sky by season date and hour Project the night sky in its correct directional orientation Treat yourself and your friends to an exciting sight and sound tour of the night sky With your planetarium you will learn the locations of the brightest and easiest to find constellations stars and planets By taking the tour and reading this guide you will come away with a good understanding of ...

Страница 4: ...y are within approximately 100 light years of Earth This is nearby compared to the other stars in the spiral arm of our galaxy where our solar system is located A light year is the distance light can travel in one year which is about 6 trillion miles or nine and a half trillion kilometers Planetarium Operation The Star Sphere is powered by three 3 AAA batteries Tool required Small Phillips head sc...

Страница 5: ...eaks during the audio tour you will be asked to pause the CD and adjust your planetarium for the next season The month and date settings and the time ring will be used after the audio tour to set your planetarium for a specific date and time of day 4 Close window drapes or blinds Turn on projection lamp Do not look directly at the Star Sphere while its light is on or you will lose your darkness ad...

Страница 6: ...ines up with the pointer The time at sunset can be found in the local newspaper or on the Internet Now turn the light wand to the exact time you want Note The months and dates will change on the date selector as you select the time once you ve selected the date and set the time ring for sunset the time selection function takes over You can set your planetarium to project the stars for any time of ...

Страница 7: ...nstellations are imaginary pictures created by connecting stars together with imaginary lines These star pictures were usually named after ancient Mesopotamian and Greek gods heroes and animals Today s astronomers consider each constellation as an agreed upon region of the sky containing a group of stars There are 88 official constellations Each constellation can contain dozens if not hundreds of ...

Страница 8: ...ter Constellations Spring Constellations Stars to look for 1 Big Dipper 2 Regulus 3 Spica 4 Arcturus Summer Constellations Stars to look for 1 Deneb 2 Vega 3 Altair 4 Antares Winter Constellations Stars to look for 1 Aldebaran 2 Pleiades 3 Orion Nebula 4 Betelgeuse 5 Rigel 6 Sirius 7 Procyon 8 Castor Autumn Constellations Stars to look for 1 Andromeda Galaxy 2 Alpheratz Mizar Pointerstars NorthSta...

Страница 9: ...ing the projection lamp on for a few moments Don t look at the Star Sphere while charging it or you will lose your darkness adaptation For a more accurate reading set your planetarium in its base on a table outdoors Adjust it for the current date and time Use the compass to position your planetarium to point north Turn the projection lamp on and use a sheet of white paper for a projection screen T...

Страница 10: ... N S 24 Shaula Scorpius S 25 Bellatrix Orion N S 12 Take your time as you cruise the cosmos Pick out a few of the brightest stars and study the stars near them Use the constellations to guide you to the dimmer stars that can easily escape the casual observer For easier star watching you will need to give your eyes time to adjust to darkness Astronomers call this becoming darkness adapted You will ...

Страница 11: ...odiac constellations plus four others at any given time This makes it easy to find them The planet position tables on the back page show you where to find the visible planets Look at how much a planet changes position and compare that to the planet s distance from the sun Notice that the planets farthest from the sun change position more slowly than the planets closer to the sun Jupiter spends abo...

Страница 12: ...14 December 23 50 Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Ursids January 3 20 Comet Tuttle Source Skywatching by David H Levy Time Life Books 1994 98 Planet Information Table Dates can vary slightly Hourly is the number of meteors you might see under a dark sky Expect to see perhaps 50 more if the shower is strong Date MERCURY 36 58 0 2 1416 0 39 X 0 06 X 0 No VENUS 67 108 0 6 5833 0 95 X 0 8 X 0 No EARTH 93 150 1...

Страница 13: ...au Gem Cnc Cnc Leo Leo Jupiter Psc Psc Psc Psc Psc Ari Ari Ari Ari Ari Ari Psc Saturn Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir 2012 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Venus Aqr Psc Ari Tau Tau Tau Tau Gem Cnc Leo Vir Lib Mars Vir Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Vir Vir Lib Sco Sgr Sgr Jupiter Ari Ari Ari Ari Tau Tau Tau Tau Tau Tau Tau Tau Saturn Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir...

Страница 14: ...t for date Rotate light wand until current date lines up with pointer 4 To set for time Turn the time ring to the hour the sun sets Then rotate light wand left to the current time 5 Close drapes or blinds and switch off room lights Switch projection lamp on but do not look at it 6 The sky as it presently appears is projected on the walls and ceiling Slowly rotate the light wand to the left to watc...

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