Astronomy 161 - Introduction to Solar System Astronomy

Lecture 5: Mapping Earth and Sky


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Where are we? Where is someplace else? How do I get from here to
there? These are questions we need to answer both on the Earth and in
the Sky to assign a location to a place or celestial object on the
surface of a sphere. We start by introducing angular units, and use
them to describe the terrestrial system of latitude and longitude on the
spherical Earth. We then define the Celestial Sphere, with its
Celestial Equator and Poles, and begin to define an analogous coordinate
system on the sky. An important wrinkle is that what part of the sky we
see at any given time depends on both where we are on the Earth, and
what date/time it is. This gives us the start of the coordinate system
we need to begin our exploration of motions in the sky in the next
lectures. Recorded 2006 Sep 26 in 100 Stillman Hall on the Columbus
campus of The Ohio State University.
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