Day 1: What is Astronomy?

• Watch the video. Write 3 questions about what you see. Carl Sagan is a critical friend to astronomy, who helped popularize it in the last half of the 20th century.
• Spend 25 minutes looking at the presentation that is published. Take notes and be prepared to discuss things you DO and DO NOT understand.
• You will be given a copy of skymaps, with a Northern, Equatorial, and Southern projection. On each of them, find
  
  1. The Ecliptic
  2. Orion
  3. Taurus
  4. Ursa Major
  5. Ursa Minor
  6. Casseiopeia
  7. Cepheus
  8. Draco
  9. Polaris
  10. Betelgeuse

Discuss The night sky from different latitudes