Questions: To simulate the night sky, we will be using the software Stellarium, which is free and easy to download/install. Go to the following link: https://stellarium.org/ and click on the platform you're using (Windows/Mac/Linux etc.) to install Stellarium. If you want to use the web version of Stellarium, consult the pdf document "How to Navigate in Stellarium-Web" in the sub-module. After you install and open Stellarium, you'll immediately find yourself with a view of the sky as seen from a field at the date time of your class. Stellarium sets the starting location to be Paris, France, so you'll need to change the starting location to NYC. If you move the mouse around the screen, you'll find two menu bars, one on the lower-left hand side of the screen, and another on the bottom of the screen. On the left-hand side menu, scroll over the options until you find the location option. Click on this a pop-up window appears with a world map. A red arrow shows your location as well as your latitude longitude. On the right hand side of the world map is a list of locations in Stellarium. Type New York into the search box a list of locations in New York state will appear in the list. Click on New York (sometimes it reads New York City, NY). Make sure the arrow changes position on the world map. Write down the numbers in the 'Latitude' and 'Longitude' boxes for your location (NYC). To make things easier to see near the horizon, you'll want to switch the landscape to get rid of the houses and trees that show up by default. To do this, move the mouse to the left-hand side menu and select "Sky and Viewing Options" In the window that

Transcript text: To simulate the night sky, we will be using the software Stellarium, which is free ar easy to download/install. Go to the following link: https://stellarium.org/ and click on the platform you're using (Windows/Mac/Linux etc.) to install Stellarium. If you want to use the web version of Stellarium, consult the pdf document "How to Navigate in Stellarium-Web" in the sub-module. After you install and open Stellarium, you'll immediately find yourself with a view the sky as seen from a field at the date \& time of your class. Stellarium sets the starting location to be Paris, France, so you'll need to change starting location to NYC. If you move the mouse around the screen, you'll find two menu bars, one on the lower-left hand side of the screen, and another on the bottom of the screen. On the left-hand side menu, scroll over the options until you find location option. Click on this \& a pop-up window appears with a world map. A red arrow shows your location as well as your latitude \& longitude. On the right hand side of the world map is a list of locations in Stellarium. Type New York into the search box \& a list of locations in New York state will appear in the list. Click on New York (sometimes it reads New York City, NY). Make sure the arrow changes position on the world map. Write down the numbers in the 'Latitude' and 'Longitude' boxes for your location (NYC). To make things easier to see near the horizon, you'll want to switch the landscape to get rid of the houses and trees that show up by default. To do this, move the mouse to the left hand side menu and select "Sky and Viewing Ontions" In the window that