Cool Tool: Stellarium

While completing the assignments for week 3, I was able to look into using the tool "Stellarium". By simply downloading this program to your computer, one can look at the night sky. BUT, you can look at the night sky even if there are clouds. AND, you can look at it from any location. ALSO, you can look at it from any time, whether it was ten minutes ago or 100 years ago. "Stellarium" can be downloaded by going to www.stellarium.org and simply choosing which type of computer you would like to download it to. Whether one is teaching about constellations and wants to show students what they look like, how the earth moves and therefore how the stars seem to be in a different place in the sky each night, the different phases of the moon, or simply to see the sky as a pen-pal or historical figure might see it, this tool is absolutely wonderful.