FINDING WAY THROUGH STARS

Made By Muneeb Elahi

What Are Stars?

Stars:- A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma

held together by its own gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the planet's energy. Some other stars are visible from Earth during the night, appearing as a multitude of fixed luminous points due to their immense distance. Historically, the most prominent stars were grouped into constellations and asterisms, and the brightest stars gained proper names. Extensive catalogues of stars have been assembled by astronomers, which provide standardized star designation.

Finding Way through Stars Is Fun

Lots of people love the idea of finding direction and navigating using the stars, but are put off because they fear it is complicated. It does not need to be complicated at all, it is something you can learn to do in minutes. In fact finding direction using the stars is much quicker and easier than using a compass. It is also a lot more fun.

The Stars Act

As Our

Lamppost;

Street Light

Northern : The Big Dipper

The main star is the North One, The Big Dipper. It’s the main one of all because it helps the most. It is extra big and shiny. It has a distinct shape. It is also called Polaris Or North Star. Or ‘Plough’ for the Americans and ‘saucepan’ for most of the others. The most important and major, interesting things is it remains ever still and never ever appears to be moved.

Finding Way through Stars

All we need do is find a star that is directly above the place we need to get to and it will point exactly the right direction for us, from quarter of the globe away. The most important and major, interesting things is it remains ever still and never ever appears to be moved. Next you find the ‘pointer’ stars, these are the two stars that a liquid would run off if you tipped up your ‘saucepan’. The North Star will always be five times the distance between these two pointers in the direction that they point (up away from the pan). True north lies directly under this star. The easiest method for finding the North Star is by finding the ‘Plough’, an easy to identify group of seven stars.