How To Navigate By the Stars

This video will review the concepts of identifying stars and navigating by them.

http://www.quietbay.net/Science/astronomy/nightsky/

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• stars
• constellations
• navigate
• orion
• Tips
• tricks
• tutorials
• tinkernut
• dipper
• polaris

[Marty20x6]

You should put the link in the description because it's annoying when some one puts a link in a video.

[gigafide]

done

[lgr1991]

your mother must be so proud

[vdizhoor]

Polaris is not the brightest star in the sky. It is the 48th brightest. The brightest (by far) is Sirius (excluding the Sun, of course).

Jupiter does not apear or disapear around Orion. It moves through a lot of constellations. Its position is by no means constant.

Its good that you made a video attempting to link constellations. Be careful to check your facts next time, otherwise people might get confused - and lost in the woods :)

[AleG8RRage]

@myb555 yes it is

[Firedragon41520]

@gigafide the link doesnt work

[zytigon]

Matt 2vs2&9 has Magi see a star& for reasons best know to the priest who dreamed up the story, thought that it meant a baby Jewish king had been born. So they tried the obvious place for a baby king= the capital of Jerusalem. Herod told the Magi to go 6 miles south down the road to Bethlehem. They didn't need a star to guide them but the author placed one to ensure they didn't miss the road. I think the star was probably called Tinker Bell. Astronomers would have noted constellation & brightness

[Kjbrunzo]

Polaris is not the brightest star in the sky...The Sun is, Duurrrr! ! ! But the 2nd brightest star in the sky is actually Sirius with a magnatude of a whopping -1.46 ! Correction: Polaris is the 48th brightest star, with only a magnatude of 2.01

[magicn3ss]

agreed, polaris is actually quite dim

[reece5412]

Polaris is not the brightest star in the sky. You are giving information people may depend on. A little more accuracy would help..........

[simpaklimp]

sorry,but this only works in the northen hemisphere,not in the southern.

[Tooks77]

hey what star signs can i get to see in the southern hemisphere and in what time of year? it is going on early spring time nw. I saw the milky way last year or the year before, around early january, it was awesome, it also had a comet going through it at the time. I wasnt very interested in the night skies back then

[myb555]

Btelgeuse isn't even Pronounced Beetle Juice

[myb555]

Betelgeuse is not pronounced Beetle Juice. It's Pronounced Bet-el-jooze