CONSTELLATIONS

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    • sun is a star
    • Sun is a 4.5 billion-year-old average-sized yellow dwarf star
    • Sun is a hot, glowing ball of hydrogen and helium.
    • Stars are celestial objects that can produce their own light.
    • Stars are extremely hot and extremely large.
    • The word constellation is from the Latin word "con" means Group, and "stella" means stars.
    • A large star shines brighter than a small star.
    • APPARENT BRIGHTNESS Is the brightness you see from earth.
    • a hot large star that is very far from earth does not look very bright is an example of Apparent brightness
    • ABSOLUTE BRIGTNESS Is the brightness the star would have if all stars were the same distance from earth.
    • Blue, White, Yellow, Red is the arrangement of brightest to dimmest stars
    • Blue, White, Yellow, Red is the arrangement of hottest to coldest stars
    • URSA MINOR is the circumpolar constellation.
    • Orion is the seasonal constellation.
    • CIRCUMPOLAR can be seen in the night sky throughout the year.
    • Seasonal is visible only at certain times of the year.
    • Rotation of the earth on its axis causes the apparent nightly movement of the stars across the sky.
    • revolution is responsible for the fact that we can see parts of the sky at different times of the year.
    • ROTATION refers to an object's spinning motion about its own axis.
    • Earth rotates on its axis, producing a 24-hour day.
    • REVOLUTION refers to an object's orbital motion around another object.
    • Earth revolves around the Sun, producing a 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes per year.
    • Taurus is visible during winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern hemisphere.
    • Taurus is a seasonal constellation because it is only visible during a specific season.
    • The Southern Cross is visible all year in the Southern Hemisphere but never in the Northern Hemisphere.
    • The Southern Cross is a circumpolar constellation because it is visible throughout the year.
    • As part of the temperate zone, the northern and southern hemispheres experience four (4) seasonal changes: Winter, Autumn, Summer, and Spring.
    • Early pilipino’s before used constellations as a sign of time for harvesting, navigation, and weather and seasonal changes.
    • But now, we use Modern Calendar to know if it’s time for harvesting, Maps or Compass for navigation and Rainfall Gauses for weather and seasonal changes.
    • Baha is local name of Taurus
    • Baha means clearing the forest
    • Pandarawa is the local name of Pleiades
    • Pandarawa means start of planning.
    • Balatik is the local name of Orions belt
    • Balatik means start of planting
    • Gibbang is the local name of Gemini
    • Gibbang means end of planting
    • Malara is the local name of Canis Minor
    • Malara means stop planting
    • Lepu is the local name of Aquila
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