Caribbean Skies

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Caribbean Skies

• Steven Dutch
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

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The Green Flash
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Directions in the Sky
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Stars and Constellations

• Many proper star names are Arabic
• Catalog labels also used (Alpha Centauri)
• Constellation names are Latin
• Ancient groups from Near Eastern myths via Greeks
• Numerous 17th-18th Century inventions
• 89 Constellations
• Fixed boundaries in sky
• Every star is in one, and only one, constellation
• There is no official way to draw constellations

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About Constellation Names

• Latin uses word endings where we often use
  prepositions
• Possessive form different from normal form
• Centaurus but Alpha Centauri
• Tucana but 47 Tucanae
• Gemini Geminorum
• Virgo Virginis
• Orion Orionis

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Seeing the Constellations
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Seeing the Constellations
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Seeing the Constellations
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At Dusk
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The Andromeda Myth
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The Andromeda Myth
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The Andromeda Myth
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The Andromeda Myth
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The Andromeda Myth
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The Andromeda Myth
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The Andromeda Myth
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About 10 PM
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South of Orion
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The Magellanic Clouds
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An Ex-Constellation
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Argo Gets Broken Up
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Eta Carinae
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Pre-Dawn
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The Southern Cross
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Omega Centauri
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The Southern Cross
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The Southern Cross
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Southern Cross and Centaurus