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STARS - LAB
PROBLEM: Can a celestial globe provide scientific information on stars?
HYPOTHESIS:
MATERIALS: celestial globe
PROCEDURE: Follow the directions for reading the celestial globe. In the chart below, you are given the name of a star and a month when it can be seen. Find the star’s location (declination and ascension). For each star, determine the type of star and write it below. Include the constellation that you find each star in. Record any other information about the star that you might find.
LOCATION/OTHER INFORMATION
NAME
MONTH
Betelgeuse
December
2.
Procyon
January
3.
Achernar
October
4.
Algol
November
5.
Spica
April
6.
Pollux
7.
Hadar
8.
Mira
9.
Deneb
July
10.
Capella
Are certain stars located only in the northern hemisphere and others only in the southern? Why?
CONCLUSIONS:
