Chapter 2
Understanding the night sky
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Earth in Space
- Orbit & Spin
- Ecliptic
- Axial Tilt
- Equinoxes & Solstices
- Latitude, Longitude
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Celestial Sphere
- Celestial Poles
- Celestial Coordinates (RA/Dec)
- Altitude / Azimuth
- Constellations
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The Solar System
- The Sun
- The Moon
- Planets
- Asteroids & Comets
- Distances in the Universe
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Transient Events
- Meteors
- Aurorae
- Eclipses
- Conjunction
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Perspective
- Angular Size
- Moon Illusion
- Opticsl Illusions
- Scattering of Light
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View of Space
- Change troughout the Year
- Milky Way Galactic Core
- The Rest of the Milky Way
- Deep Sky
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