LEARNING ABOUT THE STARS 



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Do not be discouraged if you have some difficulty in 

 locating the constellation, for you may be confused by the 

 many stars in the heavens that are not shown on the map. 

 Also the stars of your constellation may not all be sufficient- 



The Dragon ( Draco J 

 The Queen's Chair (Cassiopeia) 

 The Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) 

 The King (Cepheus) 



\ ASC 



WEST NORTH EAST cJi 



From The Science Classroom. Courtesy of Popular Science Publishing Co, 



FIG. 2&Sc. STAR MAPS 



ly bright to be readily seen. This is the case of many of the 

 stars of the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor), especially when 

 observed from a city where the lights make observation 

 difficult. 



Choose a constellation from the following list, all of which 

 occur in the northern skies, and try to locate it by using the 

 star maps of the month in which you are observing and by 

 following the suggestions given in the preceding paragraphs. 



The Great Dipper (Ursa Major) 



In your notebook 1 complete the following statements and 

 sketch the shape of the constellations observed. 



The constellation which I observed is called or 



It is located in the _ _ heavens. I first observed it on the 



star map for the month of . 

 in the part of the 



_ and found that it is located 

 skies. The shape of the con- 

 stellation shown in the sketch in my notes is as I observed 



it. I made my observation about o'clock in the evening. 



1 See workbook, p. 65. 



