What are the stars which are availiable in the sky?

IceAngel · Post by **IceAngel** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:24 pm

hmm.... maybe can bring the whole set of equipment and go up to the Hotel located at City Hall.. is that called Westine Hotel? go to the rooftop (if permitted) and look for North Star(is North Star called Polaris?)..

rcj, yes.. i am an Asian..
how many constellations are there in the sky? if i am not wrong, should be +-110, right?

Post by **zong** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:48 pm

No. It's 88 constellations. And you don't have to remember every one of them, some are inaccessible because they're right at our horizon only. There are some more well-known ones only, which we must recognise... These are quite easy, cos they've got easy to remember patterns.

IceAngel · Post by **IceAngel** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:22 pm

hmm.. so which are the well-known ones?? can you name me some? because i don't really know which one is well-known.. but i only know i always see Orion when the sky is clear...

harlequin2902 · Post by **harlequin2902** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:28 pm

To help remember them more easily, read or watch more Greek Mythology related movies like Jason and the Golden Fleece, Clash of the Titans etc... when you have the chance

You will see that many constellations are named after those characters (both heroes

and villians

) you meet in those movies/books.

IceAngel · Post by **IceAngel** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:35 pm

haha.. i have a planisphere with me now.. other than the twelve horoscopes, still can remember some like Hercules, Orion...
i know and can remember some names.. but i always forgot the shapes...

maybe need to read it more often.. hee

by the way, is my avatar nice?? is a black hole..

harlequin2902 · Post by **harlequin2902** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:40 pm

hmm.. so which are the well-known ones?? can you name me some? because i don't really know which one is well-known.. but i only know i always see Orion when the sky is clear...

Once you can recognize at least one constellation and with the help of a star atlas that you can bring out with you into the field, you can slowly move away from the borders of that constellation you are familiar with and start to learn your way around it by comparing and associating the actual views of the sky and what you see on the atlas. When you successfully identify another constellation, just repeat the steps above and move on to the others around it.

It can be really fun. That was how I learnt my way around

IceAngel · Post by **IceAngel** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:46 pm

hmm.. ok.. i gonna try it whenever the sky is clear.. hehe

addy · Post by **addy** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:13 pm

IceAngel wrote: by the way, is my avatar nice?? is a black hole..

A nice hole ... oopps sorry I meant a nice avatar IceAngel..

Just wondering what is the lat/long for singapore.. is it 1.16 N and 103.49 E.. Do you guys use any softwares to find the visible stars/objects? Any recommendations..

Grievous · Post by **Grievous** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:19 pm

Try Skymap Pro 9 @ www.skymap.com

Works fine for me, but you could use the online planisphere on S&T website

Charlie

Post by **zong** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:18 pm

Hm. Well yah, I make myself more 'hi-tech'. I use planetarium on my pda. Hehe... ;)