Introductory Astronomy: Positions on the Celestial Sphere

Introductory Astronomy lecture on the celestial sphere and how to start thinking of horizon diagrams. Refers to tutorial 1 ("Position") from "Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy".
Video is intended for students taking astronomy at Westchester Community College. The video is unpolished, except for some audio tweaking.
Image of Earth and video of rotating Earth is from NASA: visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php...
Simulations of celestial sphere are from Kevin Lee's Astronomy Education page at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln:
astro.unl.edu/classaction/anim...
and
astro.unl.edu/classaction/anim...
"Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy" by Prather, et al published by Pearson Higher Ed:
www.pearsonhighered.com/educat...

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    @dennisachille714310 жыл бұрын

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  • @annamchugh1202
    @annamchugh12029 жыл бұрын

    This was really good. I'm in Sydney, so I was really glad you did some Southern Hemisphere examples too. An excellent, well-paced, very clear intro to the Celestial Sphere. Thank you!

  • @georgesanchez8051
    @georgesanchez805110 жыл бұрын

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    @MissCharizardCos10 жыл бұрын

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  • @mamaslostsoul
    @mamaslostsoul8 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic explanation. Though i had work similar dynamics still had lot to learn. Also the associated animation link is fascinating to play with. Thanks for sharing.

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    @kermichemgp8 жыл бұрын

    thank you very much you explain to me a big question that i was trying to answer for a long period of time as beginner in astronomy

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    @sriramvenkateshan9 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation and animations!!

  • @SuperLexie77
    @SuperLexie7711 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video! It is a little confusing but I appreciate the good information you give.

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    @MMA-oc9hl9 жыл бұрын

    Very easy to understand such presentation even if english is not your mother tongue. Thank for this useful and basic information

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    @taylorpresley98874 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for explaining this so I can comprehend all the information.

  • @perobinson

    @perobinson

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome.

  • @Gaurir5
    @Gaurir58 жыл бұрын

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    @tantalizer118 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video. Thanks.

  • @kyugreywolf6801
    @kyugreywolf68019 жыл бұрын

    Very well explained; though it's probably not my level yet and I don't need to go into that much detail, I could still understand the length of the lecture that I watched fairly well. Thank you

  • @primtourist
    @primtourist8 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video!

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    @JonnyBeoulve9 жыл бұрын

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  • @perobinson

    @perobinson

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** Thanks for watching!

  • @agoel100
    @agoel10010 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful!!!! Thanks a ton for the video.

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    @examinfo8 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @bolanmoonward3483
    @bolanmoonward34838 жыл бұрын

    Watching this raised some questions in my mind. First, Polaris is what we call the star closest to the north pole of Earth's rotation, but what do we call whatever star is closest to the north pole of the ecliptic. I can probably look that up... Secondly, is Polaris visible from the equator? My first inclination is to doubt it, since Polaris seems to be a point object, and the curvature of the Earth should block any cone of visibility at the Equator. Following that assumption, I wonder 1) at what latitude closest to the equator should Polaris be visible? and 2) at what lowest altitude above the Equator should Polaris be visible. But, I remember that Polaris is a star, and, like our Sun, should be many times larger than the Earth, so actually the Equator should be the "top" of a frustum of a cone, with an orthogonal great circle around Polaris forming the base, so that Polaris should be visible at the Equator. I realize that the distance involved is so great that we can treat light coming from Polaris as being parallel, and so Polaris ought to be visible on the horizon at the Equator. Thanks for the video.

  • @businesman1010
    @businesman101010 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video. I would like to have a better understanding of the the precession of the equinox. Would you happen to have a video that show this concept.

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    @insignificantphysicist12955 жыл бұрын

    Can you do a video on Equitorial system

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    @olvinabarca8 жыл бұрын

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    @oneononetutorials17 жыл бұрын

    very useful as well as interesting

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    @rubymendez3887 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

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    @gromwaldbear65129 жыл бұрын

    What software are you using for the demos?

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  • @kipkorirvictor3957
    @kipkorirvictor39576 жыл бұрын

    hey help me on ways to find the position of a star using horizon system

  • @LRRVintage
    @LRRVintage9 жыл бұрын

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    @vikasgrover81276 жыл бұрын

    great.

  • @thebestofallworlds187
    @thebestofallworlds1875 жыл бұрын

    so does the celestial sphere rotate opposite the earth?

  • @perobinson

    @perobinson

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it appears to rotate in the opposite direction.

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    @anndroid37127 жыл бұрын

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    @anndroid37127 жыл бұрын

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    @thebestofallworlds1875 жыл бұрын

    15:59

  • @srjcdistanceedaccessibilit765
    @srjcdistanceedaccessibilit7654 жыл бұрын

    We want to use this video for a college course in Astronomy at Santa Rosa Junior College. Would you please grant us permission to caption the video so it has punctuation and clear sentences? If you turn on Community Contributions in KZread, we could add the better captions to these videos. Alternatively, we can send you a corrected caption file that you can upload in KZread. One more option is to use a site such as Amara.org that will embed the video and give us an interface to overlay the video with the better caption file. All of these options leave the control in your hands. If you take down the video, it will no longer appear in the course, we will just be embedding from KZread, not downloading the video.

  • @johno9507
    @johno95077 жыл бұрын

    actually I don't live in the northern hemisphere..specifically not Westchester ny.. Im one of those strange people that like to live upside down in Australia