Astro Tutorial #1.2: A brief orientation in the night sky

Correction: At 04:16 it should say: "near horizon" - sry for that. Greetings Chris



In this second episode of the first tutorial chapter we talk about the basic orientation in the night sky. Where do you turn to find your most important alignment stars? Where can you find the planets? Why is moon in different places every night? Why are there places in the sky with overwhelming numbers of stars whereas other places seem to be rather lonley?
I can’t cover the rich and filled night sky in great detail but want to give a first rough orientation so you can start creating your own map of the sky in your head.

Important for that: Use planetarium software tools like Stellarium or CdC. You can get used to the night sky and its movement much easier – for planing your sessions you will need those software ether way.

Stellarium:
https://stellarium.org/

CdC:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/skyc...

Greetings and clear skies
Chris


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