PPT-General Astronomy

Introduction Introduction Administrative Matters Syllabus Best guess at this time NOT cast in granite General Information Text Exams and Quizzes Labs Observatory Class Evaluation Web Access. VSc 3557 3557 4150 4150 4481 4481 4440 4440 3464 3464 3586 3586 AGRI 6586 6586 8525 8525 5784 5784 7552 7552 6053 6053 7390 7390 HORT 8793 8793 9512 9512 8206 8206 8955 8955 7672 7672 8523 8523 HORT PAY 9609 10557 8411 8350 6133 8710 CABM 9706 9706 and Astronomy. Historically Speaking.... Without astronomy we would not have timekeeping. . and calendars! . Without astronomy we would not be aware of the worlds, including a whole universe of. planets and stars and galaxies,. Day One. the universe, astronomy and cosmology. Universe. – totality of all space/time, matter and energy. Astronomy. . – the study of celestial objects, space and the physical universe. Cosmology. in . Sri Lanka. (. plus how I ended up here in Campos, RJ, . Brasil. ). Prasanna. . Deshapriya. President. Mathematical & Astronomical Society. University of Colombo. Sri Lanka. http://iya2009sl.blogspot.com. Formerly. “. Arabian astronomy” –. too . limiting . geographically. . Used to be. slighted . coverage –. “. caretakers” for Greek works, esp. . Almagest. Now. . called. . “Islamic astronomy” – lands where Islam was dominant. AY 17. 10/19/2011. Outline. What is Multi-messenger astronomy?. Photons. Cosmic Rays. Neutrinos. Gravity-Waves. Sample-Return. Outline. What is Multi-messenger astronomy?. Photons. Cosmic Rays. Neutrinos. Astro1010-lee.com. twlee2016@gmail.com. Chapter 13. Uranus & Neptune. Survey of Astronomy. Astro1010-lee.com. twlee2016@gmail.com. Chapter 13. Uranus was Discovered in 1781 by William Herschel; first planet to be discovered in recorded history.. Astrophysics. A/Prof. Michael Murphy. Centre for Astrophysics. and . Supercomputing. Swinburne University of Technology. Our mission. To inspire a fascination in the Universe through research and education. Path of the Sun between March 21 and March 22. If no axial tilt, motion of sun horizontal only - at noon every day, sun appears at highest point in the sky (culmination) only drifting slightly east against background of stars - represents Mean Sun that would travel on the celestial equator.. Astronomy. , derived from the Greek words for . star law. , is the scientific study of all objects beyond our world. . Astronomy is not a “stand-alone” science. . It combines areas from a number of other fields, including mathematics, chemistry, geology, biology and physics. . Early Astronomy . Humans have been fascinated by the sky for all time.. Constellations have helped people navigate, tell stories, are the gods that look over humanity.. Constellations are groupings of stars that form images, much like seeing . Astronomy Literacy Concepts. The . Earth . Understand that we live on . a planet and it is called Earth. Associate Earth with its . colours. . seen from space (oceans & continents). Distinguish Earth from other planets. . Astronomy. , derived from the Greek words for . star law. , is the scientific study of all objects beyond our world. . Astronomy is not a “stand-alone” science. It combines areas from a number of other fields, including mathematics, chemistry, geology, biology and physics. . some views on its status. and perspectives. September. , 15th 2021. . P. hilippe Laurent. CEA/DRF/IRFU/. DAp. Gamma-ray astronomy status and perspective. Plan. Current/future hard X-ray/. -ray. telescopes.