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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.

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1 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

42 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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