Marble/C3/Celestial-Bodies-and-Constellations/English
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Title slide |
Welcome to this Spoken tutorial on Celestial Bodies and Constellations. |
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Learning Objectives
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In this tutorial we will learn about,
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System Requirements |
To record this tutorial, I am using,
Ubuntu Linux OS, version 16.04 Marble version 1.12.20 and A working internet connection
Ubuntu Linux OS, version 18.04 Marble version 2.2.20
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Pre-requisites |
To practise this tutorial, learner should be familiar with Marble interface
For the prerequisite Marble tutorials, please visit this site. |
Cursor on the interface. | I have opened the Marble interface in Atlas view.
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Drag the - button on the windrose | Let us zoom out to see the black sky. |
Right-click on Overview map, select Hide option from context menu.
Hide Compass and Scalebar plugins. |
I will hide Overview map, Compass and Scalebar for clarity. |
Point to the interface .
Rotate the globe and point to the sky . |
Black coloured surface on the interface represents the sky on a clear night.
When we rotate the globe we can see various views of a wide extensive sky. We can see various objects present in the sky. These objects are called celestial bodies.
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Cursor on the interface.
Click on Settings, select Panels, >> select Hide All Panels. |
We will now hide all the panels.
Go to the Settings menu and select Panels. From the sub-menu select Hide All Panels. |
Rotate the globe.
Point to Sun, Moon stars and others. |
To see more objects in the sky let us keep rotating the globe. Notice that we can see Sun, Moon, stars and other celestial bodies. |
Point to the stars.
Point to the sun. |
Here we can see the countless bright stars in the sky.
The nearest star to the Earth is the Sun. |
Point to the stars. | Our best estimates tell us that the Milky Way is made up of approximately 100 billion stars.
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Cursor on the interface. | Let us now configure the settings for stars in the Marble interface |
Click on the Settings Menu
Select Configure Marble Virtual Globe option Configure window opens
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Click on the Settings Menu
Select Configure Marble Virtual Globe option Configure window opens |
From the left panel, select Plugins option
Point to Plugins menu Point to the scroll bar at the right side of the plugins menu |
From the left panel, select the Plugins tab
Plugins menu opens in the right panel At the extreme right of the Plugins menu we see a scroll bar |
Scroll down and locate Stars plugin
In the Plugins menu click on the Configure button corresponding to Stars |
Let us scroll down and locate Stars plugin
Click on the Configure button corresponding to Stars
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Point to Configure Stars Plugin- window
We can notice two tabs namely Celestial Objects and Lines and Orientation.
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Configure Stars Plugin- Marble Virtual Globe window opens
This window has two tabs, Celestial Objects and Lines and Orientation. Celestial Objects tab opens by default |
Point to the different options in the Celestial Objects tab | In the Celestial Objects tab, we can see different sections |
Point to Star Magnitude Limit section | Go to Star Magnitude Limit
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Point to the slider under Star Magnitude Limit
Drag slider to 0 magnitude.
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Under Star Magnitude Limit we can see a slider to change the magnitude
Drag the slider to 0 magnitude. Click on the OK button in the window Click on the OK button in the Configure window |
Point to the plain black surface. | Notice that stars have disappeared from the interface.
Now we can clearly see the celestial bodies. |
To open Configure Stars Plugin window, right-click anywhere on the black sky.
A context menu opens. Select Configure option from the menu. | |
Point to Solar System option | In the Configure Stars Plugin window, next section isSolar System |
Scroll down and show the names of planets.
Scroll down. |
This section has check-boxes for Sun, Moon and planets in the solar system.
Let us scroll down to see all the check-boxes. |
Point to the checked boxes. | By default Sun and Moon check-boxes are checked. |
Check the boxes of all the planets. | We will check all the boxes to see the planets in the sky. |
Point to Earth check-box. | Observe that we cannot click on Earth check-box as we are observing from Earth. |
Point to these check-boxes | Next we have two more check-boxes
Use name labels and Magnify Sun and Moon.
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Point to the check-boxes. | These check-boxes are used to show the names of sun, moon and other planets. |
Point to Other section | Other section represents Deep Sky objects.
For now we will leave them as default. |
click on the OK button in the window
Point to Sun in the sky. |
Now click on the OK button in the window
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Point to the objects which form some shapes . | We can see some lines and shapes in the sky. They are constellations |
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Constellations |
Let us see what are constellations
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Slide 7 Constellations |
Constellations are usually named after mythological characters, people, animals and objects.
It is like a game of connecting the dots. The visible night sky is divided into 88 constellations by astronomers. Out of which 12 are zodiac signs
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Go to Settings menu and select Configure Marble Virtual Globe option. | For better visibility I will change the colour of the constellations. |
Right-click anywhere on the black sky.
Point to context menu Select Configure option from the menu. |
To open Configure Stars Plugin window, right-click anywhere on the black sky.
Select Configure option from the context menu. |
Configure Stars Plugin- window opens
Click on the Lines and Orientation tab |
Configure Stars Plugin- window opens
Click on the Lines and Orientation tab |
Under Constellations Point to the checkboxes Lines and Labels.
Click on the box corresponding to Lines. |
Under Constellations, we can see two checkboxes Lines and Labels.
Click on the button corresponding to Lines. |
Point to colour window.
Select yellow colour from the box. Click on the ok button in the box |
Colour window opens.
I will select yellow colour from the window. Click on the OK button in the window |
Click on the box corresponding to Labels.
From the colour box select rose colour. Click on the ok button in the box |
Next click on the button corresponding to Labels.
From the colour window I will select red colour. Click on the OK button in the window
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Point to Names. Point to the dropdown button corresponding to Names.
Click on the dropdown button. Latin name is selected by default. I will leave it as default. |
Below Labels we can see Names drop-down.
In the drop-down Latin name is selected by default. I will leave it as it is. |
Point to Coordinate Grid section
Point to Celestial Equator, Celestial Poles, and Ecliptic checkboxes |
Next is the Coordinate Grid section
Under the Coordinate Grid, we see Celestial Equator, Celestial Poles and Ecliptic checkboxes I will leave them as default. |
Click on the Celestial Objects tab | Now let us make the stars visible on the interface.
Click on the Celestial Objects tab |
Under Star Magnitude Limit , drag the slider to 7 magnitude
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Under Star Magnitude Limit , drag the slider to 7 magnitude
Click on the OK button in the box
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Point to the constellations. | We can see the changes in the Lines and Labels of each constellation. |
Rotate and point to each constellations.
Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. |
Rotate the globe to see the various zodiac signs. |
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Summary
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Let us summarise
In this tutorial we have learnt about
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As an Assignment
Explore more about the Coordinate Grid option Hint: Use Celestial Objects tab in Stars plugin.
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Acknowledgement Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by,
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Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by,
MHRD, Government of India.
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