Celestial Sphere - Celestial Equator

In this lecture, we will discuss the celestial equator and where it happens t be located in the sky and how it can help to locate objects in the sky. The Astronomy Picture of the Day video will be uploaded each Monday. The Celestial Sphere video will be uploaded each Wednesday. The Misconceptions in Astronomy video will be uploaded each Friday. These lecture videos are designed to complement the content in the OpenStax Astronomy 2e textbook. The book can be downloaded free of charge at: https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy-2e Lecture slides are available for download here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12JnRLzV-o4xl5KnJ39bGyK27qG7s0Lnw?usp=sharing They are currently available in Apple Keynote, PowerPoint, and pdf format. You can access the most current versions of the lecture videos through the following playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWlWcYdu2hPMmcD_pyQWkZ7J The series on Misconceptions in Astronomy is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWlnx5g7C9QD9imNQ-838WzF The series on Special Topics in Astronomy (currently paused) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWmpPh2U_DXAqGPeVl_tjudf The series on Astronomy of Other Cultures (currently paused) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWnMx2_SFECGdOqnw1_GMsqJ The series on Exploration of the Solar System (currently paused) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWmpPh2U_DXAqGPeVl_tjudf The series on Women in Astronomy (currently paused) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWkp91ikz_i-WpFblPrPaKp9 The series on the Celestial Sphere is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWkxFDo2QPwbbteheXxsM-q9 These videos are being released under a CC-BY license so that others can feel free to adapt them for their use as long as attribution is given.