Astronomia observacional: um catálogo do céu da cidade de Parnaíba

Abstract

The objective of this work is to produce and supply didactic material to help students observe the sky and assist the activities developed by the Observatory Astronomy Group (GOA), which carries out its activities at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí (IFPI) . For this, a historical survey was made about the development of astronomy in Brazil and in the world. Then a study on the telescopes was made about the historical development explaining the operation of the different types. Later an astronomical observation was realized in the city of Parnaíba Piauí, where a catalog was created with the main stars visible in the city on 02/19/2018. In order to assemble the catalog, only stars with a magnitude of less than 06 (six) were considered and a free software called Stellarium and the site cartaceleste.com were used as an aid tool to create a celestial online card. The galaxies, nebulae, clusters of stars, double stars, planets and natural satellites were inserted in the catalog. With this was produced a material that serves as the basis for studies regarding Observational Astronomy.