lnLroducLory AsLronomy

Week 1 - osluonal AsLronomy

Cllp 4 - Sldereal 1lme
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WhaL We Can See
As sky roLaLes abouL celesual pole sLars near
norLh (SouLh) pole never seL (clrcumpolar)
SLars near SouLh (norLh) celesual pole never
vlslble
SLars near celesual equaLor rlse, move WesL
across sky, and seL
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Sldereal 1lme
ZenlLh aL uecl = LauLude
8A = Sldereal 1lme
Sldereal 1lme ls celesual merldlan colncldlng wlLh local
merldlan
Changes wlLh ume: 24 sldereal hours = Cne full
roLauon of LarLh
Can use sLars Lo measure ume! ln one (sldereal) hour
Celesual sphere shls by one hour of 8A
Changes wlLh longlLude aL 1h/13
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Summary: llndlng A SLar
SLar ls hlghesL aL merldlan crosslng when sldereal ume
ls lLs 8A
AL Lhls ume ZenlLh angle ls |uecl-LauLude|
AluLude ls 90 - ZenlLh angle
AzlmuLh ls 0 lf uecl > LauLude
180 lf uecl < LauLude
1o nd sLar earller/laLer, roLaLe LasL/WesL by 13/h
need Lo know how Lo Lell sldereal ume
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CredlLs
Sky Slmulauon: SLarry nlghL
hup://www.sLarrynlghL.com/
AsLronomy Anlmauons: unlverslLy of
nebraska-Llncoln AsLronomy Lducauon Croup
hup://asLro.unl.edu/
SLar 1rall hoLos: AusLrallan AsLronomlcal
CbservaLory hup://www.aao.gov.au/lmages/
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