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Astro ArenaDISCOVER THE SKY

ASTRO ARENA · INTERACTIVE ACADEMY

Razumi nebo.
Nato ga izmeri.

Five connected disciplines turn observation into skill: choose a topic, master one rule, and test it on the sky immediately.

  • 05disciplines
  • 10sky exercises
  • J2000.0coordinate system

PRIPRAVE NA IOAA

Od prepoznavanja do samostojnega opazovanja.

Izberi korak, ki ga potrebuješ. Po vaji preveri napake in isti objekt poišči še brez namiga.

CELOTNO NEBO

Poveži znanje v odpravo.

Na karti preveri sosednje objekte. Nato izberi igralni maraton ali načrtuj opazovanje z Messierjevim terenskim maratonom.

Koristna ponovitev: pri napačnem odgovoru preveri ime, okolico in položaj. Nato ponovi isto spretnost v drugi igri.

YOUR LEARNING LAB

Choose what you want to understand.

Each discipline combines a short explanation, a visual model, and direct practice. The suggested order is a guide, never a locked path.

01 · ORIENTATIONCORE SKY

Constellations

A constellation is not a flat drawing but a recognizable relationship between brighter stars. Find the framework first, then attach the name.

Začni vajo
01Understand02Observe03Practice04Review
3 CORE IDEASChoose a step

Selected concept explanation

01 / 03MICRO LESSON

Find the framework

Start with three or four of the brightest stars. Their angles and proportions create a shape that remains recognizable even when the field rotates.

REMEMBERsvetle točke → odnosi → silhueta

APPLY THE IDEA

Move directly from theory to sky.

Begin with recognition, then switch to locating and relationships between stars.

FIELD NOTES

The formulas you actually need.

Open only the concept you want to revisit. Everything remains available offline.

01Angular units and the great circle

One degree contains 60 arcminutes. Separation on a sphere follows the shortest great-circle arc; a straight screen distance depends on the projection and is not reliable.

1° = 60′ · 1′ = 60″
02Right ascension and the 24h/0h boundary

RA is circular. From 23h 58m, 00h 02m is only four time minutes away, not almost 24 hours. On an astronomical chart, RA increases to the left.

24h ≡ 00h · 1h = 15°
03Declination and the celestial poles

Declination measures angle from the celestial equator. North is positive and south negative; it reaches +90° and −90° at the poles.

−90° ≤ Dec ≤ +90°
04What does J2000.0 mean?

J2000.0 is a shared reference epoch for coordinates. These exercises do not use the current time, observer location, planets, or the Moon.

RA / Dec · J2000.0
05How does the IOAA view change?

Beginner uses a dense coordinate grid. In IOAA, Read uses a local star field without a grid so you estimate coordinates from the surroundings; Locate keeps the full chart but removes coordinate lines.

opazuj → oceni → preveri napako

KEEP GOING

Knowledge needs a next step.