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Slideshow for my intro to astronomy class
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Astronomy 2008-Astronomy 2008-20092009
Welcome to our classWelcome to our class
The following images represent a sampling of what we will learn about this year along with a few of the questions we will answer.
Enjoy
What is this? How far away is it?
http://flickr.com/photos/pingnews/474783096/
Is this the same object as the previous slide? If not, how many of these are out there?
http://flickr.com/photos/astroguy/27202435/
Where did this come from? How old is it?
http://flickr.com/photos/xamad/
518876976/
The Pleiades: do UFO’s and the ‘gray aliens’ really come from here?
http://flickr.com/photos/djmccrady/
356172129/
How and why do the stars move?
http://flickr.com/photos/fortphoto/
511862945/
Why do stars circle the sky?
http://flickr.com/photos/strangejourney/452412475/
Is this a black hole or something more weird?
http://flickr.com/photos/betelgeux/134771217/
A couple of neighbors…are they really this size?
http://flickr.com/photos/bluedharma/91052455/
What does Galileo have to do with this?
http://flickr.com/photos/fortphoto/298926888/
?????????????http://flickr.com/photos/makelessnoise/113177920/
How does the moon change shape?
http://flickr.com/photos/
joka2000/83405007/
Why does the moon change color?
http://flickr.com/photos/fortphoto/183865953/
Is this solid, liquid or gas…why?
http://flickr.com/photos/elsie/50897315/
Meteor or comet? What is the difference?
http://flickr.com/photos/mathieustruck/410833031/
Obseravtories on a mountaintop? Why?
http://flickr.com/photos/35188692@N00/2282306375/
How do these things ‘see’ stars?
http://flickr.com/photos/fortphoto/309711581/
Bad science fiction movie actor or the real thing?
http://flickr.com/photos/pingnews/2074667653/
Real or fake? How do we know?
http://flickr.com/photos/pingnews/436668227/
Is it really round? Some say it is flat.
http://flickr.com/photos/pingnews/263570357/