Table of Contents
Prologue
Topics
Getting to Know the Sky
Orion Constellation as Projected on the Sky
Orion’s Stars in 3-D Space
Celestial sphere
Diurnal (Daily) Motion of the Stars: Star Trails
Star trails: Cause
Celestial Coordinates
PPT Slide
Refining Celestial Coordinates
Angular Sizes of Things
Annual Motion on the Sun on the Celestial Sphere: The Ecliptic Plane
Constellations of the Zodiac
PPT Slide
Measuring Astronomical Distances using Parallax
Stellar Parallax
Definition of Parsec
Stellar Parallax Simplified
The Solar Neighborhood
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