CONSTELLATION: INTRODUCTION

What is Constellation

When you go outside on a dark clear night, looke up into the night sky and see hundreds if not thousands of stars randomly spread across the sky. How do you tell one from another? The answers is you learn the Comstellation. At night, you can see many glittering objects in the sky. These objects are called star. A group of stars that form pattern is called a Constellation. We can see millioons of dots of light ib thr night sky. Most of these are stars. Observe the patterns formed by these are stars. Do you know how important they are?

This units consists ofone lesson covering the concepts and skills with regard to the following objectives:

10.1 Understanding the constellation

Lesson: Starry, Starry Night
In this lesson, pupils need to state what constellation is, identify the constellations and state their importance.

DO YOU KNOW THAT?

Poets, farmers and astronomers created the named of various constellations over the past 6000 year.Traveller used constellations to map the sky and show direction.

Farmers cerated constellation to help them with their crops. They used them as a reminder of planting and harvesting season.

Dr. Mazlan Othman is an astrophysicist. She is the first Malaysian inthis profession.

Many of the stars you see at night are giant stars. This is because like a lighthouse, giant stars glow very brightly. When the Sun becomes a giant star, it's light will shine much further into space than it does right now.

At the end of their lives, many larger stars explode in what is know as a supernova.

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What is Constellation

INTRODUCTION