Week 1

What influences astronomy?
*Science vs Pseudoscience
Science is proven
Pseudoscience sounds "scientific, but fails to use method
-Dusty part in the sky is the milkyway
*Types of stars
-Binary star - two to six stars rotating around in a circle
-Double star - creates an optical illusion that the stars are closer than they actually are
-Hottest stars are blue and the coldest stars are red
*Constellations are arbitrary groupings and a set of 88 patterns
*Circumpolar Constellations are visible all year in the north sky
-Ursa Major has 6 stars (also called big dipper)
-Ursa Minor has 7 stars (also called little dipper)
-Draco (goes between ursa major and ursa minor)
-Cassiopeia (shaped like a "w")
-Cepheus (house/milk carton shaped)
-Pegasis has 7 stars
-There are approx. 667 stars in the sky
*Astrological "Houses" make up horoscopes
-horoscopes use positions of stars to interpret your life order
-astrology uses stars to interpret your life