Objects in the Sky Part 3 - Motion of objects in the sky
Channel: Astronomy with Mr Guerin
Date: 2020-02-26

How do planets and stars move through our sky? How can we find them, and when is the best time to observe our target?

This video will tell you everything you need to answer these questions in EdExcel's Astronomy GCSE.

Download the slideshow (no retrograde video):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1v7n69srfzFmgYxF9Vct6FKp3r_ZRqFjx

Download Stellarium:
https://stellarium.org

Dr Becky's Night Sky News channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfAy5H1LRNw&list=PLd19WvC9yqUfPMKsdRaJ7czJFd5qYzLbj

Print your own planisphere:
https://in-the-sky.org/planisphere/


Image credits:
Sky Map screenshot, Mr Guerin, Apache License 2.0
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid&hl=en_GB

Ecliptic with Earth and Sun, Tfr000, wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecliptic_with_earth_and_sun_animation.gif

Mars retrograde, Frog23, wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_Loop.gif

Sky Map logo, Sky Map developers, wikimedia, Apache License 2.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sky_Map_logo.png

Sky at Night magazine cover, skyatnightmagazine.com, fair use
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/magazine/

Night Sky News logo, Dr Becky, YouTube, permission granted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfAy5H1LRNw&list=PLd19WvC9yqUfPMKsdRaJ7czJFd5qYzLbj

Astronomy magazine cover, astronomy.com, fair use
https://astronomy.com/magazine

Philips' Planisphere, H. Raab, wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philips_Planisphere.jpg

Paper planisphere, Dominic Ford, in-the-sky.org, GNU GPL 2.0
https://in-the-sky.org/planisphere/index.php

Transit of Venus, Gestrgangleri, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20040608_Venus_Transit.JPG

Jupiter-Io transit, Tomruen, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jupiter-io-transit_feb_10_2009.gif

Occultation of a star by the Moon, H. Raab, wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AOccultation.ogv