Categorizing

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Categorizing

• Stars, Constellations, Galaxies

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What is a star?What is a constellation?What is
a galaxy?

• Vocabulary

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Orion is a

• Star
• Constellation
• Galaxy

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• You can see the constellation Orion in the
  winter.
• Look for the three stars in Orions belt.

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The Milky Way is a

• Star
• Constellation
• Galaxy
• Candy bar

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• The Milky Way is a galaxy. Our sun is one of
  the stars in this flat spiral disk made up of
  millions of stars.

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Sirius is a

• Star
• Constellation
• Galaxy

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• Sirius also called the Dog Star is the
  brightest star in the sky. It is the closest star
  to Earth, but is still far away nine light
  years.

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Light Year

• The distance light travels in a year at the speed
  of 186,000 miles per second.
• Sirius is nine light years or 53,000,000,000,000
  miles from Earth

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Betelgeuse is a

• Star
• Constellation
• Galaxy

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• Betelgeuse

• Betelgeuse (BET el joos)
• is a red giant and one of the brightest stars.
  
• It is the star at the left shoulder of Orion.
• Look for the constellation Orion in the winter.

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Now, instead of choosing an answer, go find out
for yourself. Draw your own chart and then put
the following sky objects in one of the
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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Rigel
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Scroll down to find Rigel
• Website Dome of the Sky
• Website Winshop.com

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Pegasus
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Website Dibonsmith.com
• Website Coldwater K12

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Taurus
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Website Dibonsmith.com
• Website Coldwater K12

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Polaris
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Scroll down to find Polaris
• Website Coldwater K12

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Andromeda
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Website School Discovery.com

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So, Andromeda is agalaxy AND a constellation!
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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Vega
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Website Starlist
• Website Astronomy Univ. of Illinois

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Hercules
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Website Dibonsmith.com
• Website Coldwater K12

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Gemini
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Website Dibonsmith.com
• Website Coldwater K12

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Deneb
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Website Windows to the Universe
• Website Wikipedia

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Sun
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Website Astronomy.com

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Scorpius
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Website Dibonsmith.com
• Website Coldwater K12

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• M32
• Website NASA

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Ursa Major
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Website Dibonsmith.com

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Big Dipper
• Website NASA Stargaze
• Website Enchanted Learning

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Antares
• Website NASA Stargaze
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Website Windows to the Universe

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• NGC 55
• Website Galex

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Leo
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Website Dibonsmith.com
• Website Coldwater K12

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Star, Galaxy or Constellation?

• Lyra
• Website Enchanted Learning
• Scroll down to find Lyra
• Website Dibonsmith.com
• Website Coldwater K12

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Compare your chart with the following one and see
how you did.
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• Did you get them all right?
• Great! Youre done.
• If not, start over