BSL – Your First Night Sky (Beginners)

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BSL – The Plough

The Plough
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The Plough is one of the largest and
most well-known asterisms in the night sky!

Recommend to be first recognisable pattern in your night sky – The Plough
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Ursa Major, The Plough

  • Ursa Major is visible all year round from the UK.
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  • To find Ursa Major, do a naked-eye search for the Plough in the northern sky.
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  • There are seven brightest stars in the Big Dipper (see image above);

    – Alkaid
    – Mizar & Alcor
    – Alioth
    – Megrez
    – Phecda
    – Merak
    – Dubhe
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  • You can see the bright stars of Ursa Major with the unaided eye – the less light pollution there is, the more stars you will see.
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Other names for The Plough

  • The Plough is also known in the UK.
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  • The Plough is also known in the US or Canada as The Big Dipper.
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  • The Plough is also known in France as The Saucepan.

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BSL – How to find True North without a compass?

How to find True North without a compass?
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Finding the North Star in the Northern Hemisphere

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Finding the North Star

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  • Locate the Plough constellation known as Ursa Major.
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  • Find the bottom line outer edge of the Plough.
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  • Draw an imaginary line outward from the pointer stars.
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  • Stand facing the North Star.
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  • When you’re facing the North Star, you ‘re facing true north.
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If the sky is cloudy

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If the sky is cloudy

  • The North Star is approximately 6 times the distance between the 2 pointer stars.
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  • Look at the space between those 2 stars and then multiply that distance by 6.
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  • This gives you the approximate location for the North Star.

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BSL – Recognising Patterns by the bright stars.

Recognising Pattens by the brightest stars
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Recognising Patterns by the brightest stars

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  • Above one of the easiest ways to locate constellations is by recognising the patterns they form in the night sky.
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  • Familiar constellations such as Orion (The Hunter), Ursa Major (The Plough), and Cassiopeia (The Queen) are easily recognisable and can be used as starting points to find other constellations.
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  • Find out more about Constellation Names & visible from the UK
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  • If you need to know exactly when a constellation is visible, check in live constellation visible from the UK.
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