Teacher’s Notes - The South Downs National Park is involved in a Dark Night Skies project which we hope will result in an area being designated as a Dark.

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Teacher’s Notes - The South Downs National Park is involved in a Dark Night Skies project which we hope will result in an area being designated as a Dark Night Sky reserve. - This game shows a set of constellations that can be seen above the Downs. Each constellation highlights a different type of astronomical feature which is explained on the reveal slide’s notes. -For more information visit the pages on Light Pollution, Dark Night Skies and Stargazing. -Why not have a go at designing your own constellation using the star map resource?

Guess the Constellation Can you connect the dots and find out who you might see in the night sky above the Downs?

Orion –The Hunter Nebula and Star Formation Credit: Microsoft World Wide Telescope Credit: Stellarium.org

Ursa Major – Great Bear Navigation by Polaris North Credit: Stellarium.org Credit: Graham Bryant Hampshire Astronomical Group

Andromeda – The Chained Princess Local Galaxies Credit: Microsoft Research World Wide Telescope Credit: Stellarium.org

Credit: Microsoft World Wide Telescope Cancer – The Crab Beehive Cluster Galileo Credit: Wikipedia Creative Commons Credit: Stellarium.org

Credit: Microsoft World Wide Telescope Credit: Stellarium.org Sagittarius – The Centaur Centre of the Galaxy

Taurus – The Bull Red Giants Credit: Microsoft World Wide Telescope Credit: Stellarium.org

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA Credit: Stellarium.org Cassiopeia – The Vain Queen Binary and Double Stars

Cygnus – The Swan Black Holes Credit: NASA/Honeywell Max-Q Digital group / Dana Berry Credit: Stellarium.org

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC Credit: Stellarium.org Bootes – The Ploughman Exoplanets

Canis Major – The great dog Sirius the Brightest Star Credit: Microsoft World Wide Telescope Credit: Stellarium.org

Vulpecula – The Fox Pulsars and Little Green Men Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Credit: Stellarium.org

Virgo – The Virgin Virgo supercluster and Einstein Credit: Microsoft World Wide Telescope Credit: Stellarium.org

Perseus – The Warrior Perseid Meteor Shower Credit: Nasa / Katsuhiro Mouri & Shuji Kobayashi (Nagoya City Science Museum/Planetarium Credit: Stellarium.org

Jump to… Pulsars Meteor Showers Galaxy Superclusters Brightest Star Exoplanets Black Hole Double Stars Red giant Centre of Galaxy GalileoAndromeda Navigation by Polaris Nebulas

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