Damian and Jack 7K
... Core of the sun The core of the sun has a density one hundred and fifty times the density of the water on earth. The core has a temperate of 15.7 million kelvin (k) (or about 15,700,000 degrees Celsius). The inner core of the sun is basically the engine of the star and fuels the star. In the core o ...
... Core of the sun The core of the sun has a density one hundred and fifty times the density of the water on earth. The core has a temperate of 15.7 million kelvin (k) (or about 15,700,000 degrees Celsius). The inner core of the sun is basically the engine of the star and fuels the star. In the core o ...
Feb 2015 - Bluewater Astronomical Society
... BAS executive positions run for two years and normally the first meeting of the year is election time. This year the executive has decided to hold elections at the April 1 meeting in 2015 so that we can implement an email voting system. This will allow all current BAS members (not just those present ...
... BAS executive positions run for two years and normally the first meeting of the year is election time. This year the executive has decided to hold elections at the April 1 meeting in 2015 so that we can implement an email voting system. This will allow all current BAS members (not just those present ...
Astronomy 114 - Department of Astronomy
... Interstellar gas and dust are common in the disk of the Galaxy Interstellar medium (ISM) Diffuse gas (atomic H and molecular hydrogen H2 ) Dust (formed in the envelopes of stars) ...
... Interstellar gas and dust are common in the disk of the Galaxy Interstellar medium (ISM) Diffuse gas (atomic H and molecular hydrogen H2 ) Dust (formed in the envelopes of stars) ...
Stellarium Astronomy Software
... ceiling all around you • Project the night sky for any season or month of the year with its one-piece fully-integrated star sphere — no separate overlays to break or lose • Accurately project the night sky by date and hour • Project the night sky in its correct directional orientation • Treat yourse ...
... ceiling all around you • Project the night sky for any season or month of the year with its one-piece fully-integrated star sphere — no separate overlays to break or lose • Accurately project the night sky by date and hour • Project the night sky in its correct directional orientation • Treat yourse ...
5th
... 2.2 First phase of the SkyWatch 2006 contest During 1st phase, the participants proposed ideas on designing lesson plans based on the use of Astronomical archives as well as the D-Space network of robotic telescopes, which afterwards (during the 2nd phase) would be developed and implemented them in ...
... 2.2 First phase of the SkyWatch 2006 contest During 1st phase, the participants proposed ideas on designing lesson plans based on the use of Astronomical archives as well as the D-Space network of robotic telescopes, which afterwards (during the 2nd phase) would be developed and implemented them in ...
Coordinate Systems - AST 114, Astronomy Lab II for Spring 2017!
... objects will keep their location in right ascension and declination throughout the year (just like we stay at the same latitude and longitude here in Tempe). Take, for example, the star Betelgeuse, in the Orion constellation. Betelgeuse has Equatorial coordinates of approximately (RA = 6h and Dec = ...
... objects will keep their location in right ascension and declination throughout the year (just like we stay at the same latitude and longitude here in Tempe). Take, for example, the star Betelgeuse, in the Orion constellation. Betelgeuse has Equatorial coordinates of approximately (RA = 6h and Dec = ...
Local Horizon View
... meet at the poles and they all cross the Equator at a 90° angle. But how to label them? They are not nearly as fixed in the sky as Declination, since the Earth is constantly rotating bringing new grid lines up from the East, and loosing those low in the West. So a fixed degree system based on the Po ...
... meet at the poles and they all cross the Equator at a 90° angle. But how to label them? They are not nearly as fixed in the sky as Declination, since the Earth is constantly rotating bringing new grid lines up from the East, and loosing those low in the West. So a fixed degree system based on the Po ...
Astronomy - Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
... lamp, of course, is the sun. Have each student stand with his or her back to the lamp and hold the moon ball up at arm’s length so that some light shines on it. Explain that just like the Earth has day and night, so does the moon. Ask them to point to where it is night on their moons. Why is it nigh ...
... lamp, of course, is the sun. Have each student stand with his or her back to the lamp and hold the moon ball up at arm’s length so that some light shines on it. Explain that just like the Earth has day and night, so does the moon. Ask them to point to where it is night on their moons. Why is it nigh ...
Upper elementary students investigate seasonal constellations
... have found that some students believe this change is beAfter recording their observations, I asked my students cause of the Earth’s rotation. This is true if you only conto identify a claim that answers the investigation quessider the change over one night; as the Earth rotates, we tion, “How do the ...
... have found that some students believe this change is beAfter recording their observations, I asked my students cause of the Earth’s rotation. This is true if you only conto identify a claim that answers the investigation quessider the change over one night; as the Earth rotates, we tion, “How do the ...
(Issue 6), June 2014
... their best shots during an eclipse. Several myths and stories are also very popular amongst the oldies which describe eclipse as an indication of something wrong to be happen in near future. Similarly before the advent of science, in dark ages, these phenomenons are think of as a punishment or chast ...
... their best shots during an eclipse. Several myths and stories are also very popular amongst the oldies which describe eclipse as an indication of something wrong to be happen in near future. Similarly before the advent of science, in dark ages, these phenomenons are think of as a punishment or chast ...
November - Hawaiian Astronomical Society
... DUNES, DEBRIS. For the time being, the scientists on these teams are the only ones with access to the Herschel data. But in January, all the data these teams are working on will suddenly be released to the public. So they are all under pressure to finish their work by then. The team whose meeting I ...
... DUNES, DEBRIS. For the time being, the scientists on these teams are the only ones with access to the Herschel data. But in January, all the data these teams are working on will suddenly be released to the public. So they are all under pressure to finish their work by then. The team whose meeting I ...
1 - GEOCITIES.ws
... North Pole (P) – Where the axis pierce at the top South Pole (P’) – Where the axis pierce at the bottom. Equator – Great circle whose plane is perpendicular to the axis. Meridian – is a great circle passing through the poles, PMQ Latitude – is an angular distance of a point from the equator along th ...
... North Pole (P) – Where the axis pierce at the top South Pole (P’) – Where the axis pierce at the bottom. Equator – Great circle whose plane is perpendicular to the axis. Meridian – is a great circle passing through the poles, PMQ Latitude – is an angular distance of a point from the equator along th ...
Drawing Constellations
... tied to a rock along the coastline, dressed only in her jewelry. The monster would be along in due time to take his prize. – At that moment Perseus came flying by. He had just killed the Gorgon Medusa and was carrying the severed head back to Athene. To make a long story short, he saved her then tur ...
... tied to a rock along the coastline, dressed only in her jewelry. The monster would be along in due time to take his prize. – At that moment Perseus came flying by. He had just killed the Gorgon Medusa and was carrying the severed head back to Athene. To make a long story short, he saved her then tur ...
SU3150-Astronomy - Michigan Technological University
... positions and directions on earth such as those required in navigation and surveying Practical astronomy is also used in precise time keeping, monitoring polar motion and variations in earth rotation Above are accomplished through a combination of observations and computations Most computations invo ...
... positions and directions on earth such as those required in navigation and surveying Practical astronomy is also used in precise time keeping, monitoring polar motion and variations in earth rotation Above are accomplished through a combination of observations and computations Most computations invo ...
The Time of Day
... round, the Sun can’t be “overhead” everywhere at the same time, so it can’t be noon everywhere at the same time. By the late 1800s, with the increasing speed of travel and communications, it became confusing for each city to maintain its own time according to the position of the Sun in the sky. By i ...
... round, the Sun can’t be “overhead” everywhere at the same time, so it can’t be noon everywhere at the same time. By the late 1800s, with the increasing speed of travel and communications, it became confusing for each city to maintain its own time according to the position of the Sun in the sky. By i ...
Oct 2011 - Bays Mountain Park
... this month since it reaches opposition or opposite the Sun in the sky the night of October28/29. Jupiter is usually an average of about half a billion miles from Earth. This month it is only 369 million miles from us. Through your telescope, the planet has many different features to observe and is es ...
... this month since it reaches opposition or opposite the Sun in the sky the night of October28/29. Jupiter is usually an average of about half a billion miles from Earth. This month it is only 369 million miles from us. Through your telescope, the planet has many different features to observe and is es ...
Chapter 2. Discovering the Universe for Yourself
... misconceptions. For example, some students might wonder if you could see the galaxy “sticking up” above our own galaxy’s disk—illustrating a misconception about how angular size declines with distance. They might also wonder if a telescope would make a difference, illustrating a misconception about ...
... misconceptions. For example, some students might wonder if you could see the galaxy “sticking up” above our own galaxy’s disk—illustrating a misconception about how angular size declines with distance. They might also wonder if a telescope would make a difference, illustrating a misconception about ...
celestial sphere
... PURPOSE: To compare the horizon and equatorial coordinate systems and to learn how to determine sidereal time. To make use of a celestial globe in understanding the basic coordinate systems. PROCEDURE: Making use of the celestial globe, answer the questions in this lab pertaining to the horizon and ...
... PURPOSE: To compare the horizon and equatorial coordinate systems and to learn how to determine sidereal time. To make use of a celestial globe in understanding the basic coordinate systems. PROCEDURE: Making use of the celestial globe, answer the questions in this lab pertaining to the horizon and ...
PowerPoint
... Newton predicted– off in position by 1 to 2 arcminutes. • Either Newton’s formulism was wrong, or there was something else out there. • Using Newton’s Laws, 2 scientists derived that there must be another undiscovered planet that was causing the perturbation in the orbit of Uranus. • They predicted ...
... Newton predicted– off in position by 1 to 2 arcminutes. • Either Newton’s formulism was wrong, or there was something else out there. • Using Newton’s Laws, 2 scientists derived that there must be another undiscovered planet that was causing the perturbation in the orbit of Uranus. • They predicted ...
Celestial Globes Armillary Spheres
... body of an astrolabe. They were based on the ecliptic, and divided into 12 portions, and each portion was given a sign of the zodiac. ...
... body of an astrolabe. They were based on the ecliptic, and divided into 12 portions, and each portion was given a sign of the zodiac. ...
Lecture 1 - University of Cape Town
... Note too that nearly all broadband spectra are quite smooth. NASSP Masters 5003F - Computational Astronomy - 2009 ...
... Note too that nearly all broadband spectra are quite smooth. NASSP Masters 5003F - Computational Astronomy - 2009 ...
Sample file
... Radiative Zone: The radiative zone extends beyond the Sun's core layer, for about another 55% of the Sun's radius. Energy from the nuclear fusion reactions in the core is carried through the plasma of the radiative zone by the sequential absorption and reemission of photons, or energy packets, by ga ...
... Radiative Zone: The radiative zone extends beyond the Sun's core layer, for about another 55% of the Sun's radius. Energy from the nuclear fusion reactions in the core is carried through the plasma of the radiative zone by the sequential absorption and reemission of photons, or energy packets, by ga ...
ESOP August 2013
... Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, andrea@narit.or.th • He worked before for a long time at the European Southern Observatory, where he still makes most of his observations • Most observations are recorded in the infrared, allowing higher S/N and even some daytime observations • Observatio ...
... Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, andrea@narit.or.th • He worked before for a long time at the European Southern Observatory, where he still makes most of his observations • Most observations are recorded in the infrared, allowing higher S/N and even some daytime observations • Observatio ...
Archaeoastronomy
Archaeoastronomy (also spelled archeoastronomy) is the study of how people in the past ""have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used these phenomena and what role the sky played in their cultures."" Clive Ruggles argues it is misleading to consider archaeoastronomy to be the study of ancient astronomy, as modern astronomy is a scientific discipline, while archaeoastronomy considers symbolically rich cultural interpretations of phenomena in the sky by other cultures. It is often twinned with ethnoastronomy, the anthropological study of skywatching in contemporary societies. Archaeoastronomy is also closely associated with historical astronomy, the use of historical records of heavenly events to answer astronomical problems and the history of astronomy, which uses written records to evaluate past astronomical practice.Archaeoastronomy uses a variety of methods to uncover evidence of past practices including archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, statistics and probability, and history. Because these methods are diverse and use data from such different sources, integrating them into a coherent argument has been a long-term difficulty for archaeoastronomers. Archaeoastronomy fills complementary niches in landscape archaeology and cognitive archaeology. Material evidence and its connection to the sky can reveal how a wider landscape can be integrated into beliefs about the cycles of nature, such as Mayan astronomy and its relationship with agriculture. Other examples which have brought together ideas of cognition and landscape include studies of the cosmic order embedded in the roads of settlements.Archaeoastronomy can be applied to all cultures and all time periods. The meanings of the sky vary from culture to culture; nevertheless there are scientific methods which can be applied across cultures when examining ancient beliefs. It is perhaps the need to balance the social and scientific aspects of archaeoastronomy which led Clive Ruggles to describe it as: ""...[A] field with academic work of high quality at one end but uncontrolled speculation bordering on lunacy at the other.""