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Teaching Astronomy using Stellarium A Short Introduction Karl Simon A. Revelar [email protected]

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Teaching Astronomy using Stellarium

A Short Introduction

Karl Simon A. [email protected]

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Outline Some Random Slides of Awesomeness

What is Stellarium?

Learning How to Use Stellarium and its features

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The Universe is Awesome and Photogenic!

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Andromeda Galaxy

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Sombrero Galaxy

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Pleiades Star Cluster

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Saturn

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Eye-of-God Nebula

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Neptune

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The Universe is Awesome and Photogenic!

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Truly Awesome

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Until...

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Lost Internet connection

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Thank goodness

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Free offline awesomeness

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What is this offline awesomeness?

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StellariumO Offline planetarium

software;O Simulates

movement of planets, stars, and even artificial satellites;

O Also simulates astronomical events

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StellariumO Used by amateur

astronomers as observation guide

O Used as a tool to teach astronomy

O Also used in real planetaria!

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Screenshots

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Screenshots

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Screenshots

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Learn How to Use Stellarium

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But Wait

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Download

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Install

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First Run

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Main toolbar

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Sidebar

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Configure Location

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Left-click objects

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Right-click objects

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Finding objects

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Zooming

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Sombrero Galaxy

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Time Travel

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Constellations

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Solar Eclipse

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EXERCISE!Determine the position of the sun during your birth.

(Clue: Key-in your birthdate then locate the sun.)

If the sun is below the horizon, click on the ground icon on the main toolbar to remove ground.

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Wrong

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The time is now.

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Orion Nebula

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Ocular view

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Artificial satellites

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Remove Atmosphere

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Watch a movie

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Observe at Night

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Azimuthal Grid

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Equatorial Grid

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ASTRONOMY EXERCISE

You and your team will travel to Hokkaido and arrive there on April 17, 2012 to observe an astronomical event on the

constellation Virgo. What is the best time to observe Virgo?

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Keyboard Shortcuts

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Key FunctionCursor keys Pan left, right, up, down

Page up/down Zoom in / outForward slash (/) Auto zoom-in

Space Center view on selected objectBackward slash

(\)Auto zoom-out

Ctrl+F Find object on the skyL Increase time speedJ Decrease time speed

F5 Date/Time Window

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Learn about other cultures

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Aztec Constellation

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Change Landscape!

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Saturn

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Jupiter

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Pleiades

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The Universe is Truly Awesome!

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That’s all folks!