CELESTIAL PATTERNS
and MOTIONS
THE WORLD OF OUR SENSES
Zenith
Horizon
Fixed Stars: Constellations and Milky Way
The "Moving Stars"
APPARENT MOTIONS
1. ROTATION
Time
Time and Location
Motions of objects in the sky
Celestial Poles, Equator, Cardinal Directions and Latitude
Equatorial Motion
Circumpolar Motion
Mixed Skies
2. REVOLUTION
the Ecliptic
Changes in Sunrise and Sunset
Seasons
3. PRECESSION
MOTIONS OF THE MOON
Lunar Rotation
Lunar Revolution
Phases of the Moon
PLANETARY MOTIONS
Retrograde Motion