In the last few weeks we have investigated the solar system to determine what constitutes life and what makes a place habitable. Can we find a habitable planet out in the space by just pointing a telescope to the sky? Well no. That would be like searching for a needle in a haystack. So, in this mission we will develop smart strategies on where to search.
What do you think we will see when we point a telescope?
That’s right. Astronomers see individual stars, stars in groups, stellar nurseries, dying stars, galaxies, and other exotic phenomenon. Let's take a quick tour of what is out there and to determine if we can narrow down our search area. Open your WWT.
What you see is the sky as it looks from your location on Earth. Some of the stars seem to form patterns on the sky.
You may have heard about Orion the hunter, or the Big dipper. These groupings of stars are called constellations.
There are 88 constellations in the sky. Let us find some of them.
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In the last few weeks we have investigated the solar system to determine what constitutes life and what makes a place habitable.
Can we find a habitable planet out in the space by just pointing a telescope to the sky?
Well no. That would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
So, in this mission we will develop smart strategies on where to search.
What do you think we will see when we point a telescope?
That’s right. Astronomers see individual stars, stars in groups, stellar nurseries, dying stars, galaxies, and other exotic phenomenon.
Let's take a quick tour of what is out there and to determine if we can narrow down our search area.
Open your WWT.
What you see is the sky as it looks from your location on Earth. Some of the stars seem to form patterns on the sky.
You may have heard about Orion the hunter, or the Big dipper. These groupings of stars are called constellations.
There are 88 constellations in the sky. Let us find some of them.