Step 2: Localizing your Targets, distance calculations.

To calibrate your telescope, you have to determine its position on a map and calculate its distance.

Task

2.1) Mark on the Stellar maps available at this Step Ressources the exact position of your Targets.

2.2) Measure the distance on the map in mm and transform it to Light years by using the equivalences written on the map.

Ressources

• Stellar Map of the Universe.
• Detailed map of the Milky Way.