Comments on: Who understand constellations? And what this question asks?

By: aladdinwa

aladdinwa — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:15:59 +0000

Hold the constellation map up over your head with north pointing to north. The edge of the constellation map is the horizon, and the middle of the constellation map is the zenith. .
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By: Geoff G

Geoff G — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:03:59 +0000

1. It’s astronomy, not astrology.

2. What _object_ are you supposed to be looking at. The sky map you linked to shows the _entire_ sky. You haven’t given us the whole question.

3. That map is for 2003. The planets shown (Saturn and Mars) are in totally different positions this year.
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Starry Night software.

By: oklatonola

oklatonola — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:16:59 +0000

Depends on what you are looking for. If you were looking for Uranus, you would look relatively close to the horizon. For Mars, you’d look higher up. This obvioulsy is not a star map for 2009, and it is reversed. Mars is currently in Gemini and Uranus is close to the Aquarius/Pisces border
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Stellarium 0.10.2

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:29:59 +0000

First, I think you want to say "astronomy" class, not astrology. Big difference.

Second, if you take this map outside, I think you will figure it out pretty quickly. It doesn’t even have to be night time. Hold it over your head. Notice how the East and West go to their correct places if you hold North to the north.

Good luck! I hope your astronomy class is fun.
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By: Larry454

Larry454 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:41:59 +0000

Since the horizon is represented by the outer circumference of the circular chart, anything near that outer edge will be seen near the horizon. Objects closer to the center will be seen closer to the zenith.
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