PPT-WELCOME TO ASTRONOMY

OUR PLACE IN SPACE Earth is not special We do not have any unique place in the Universe We live on an ordinary rocky planet called Earth one of nine known planets orbiting an average star called Sun We are near the edge of a huge collection of stars called the Milky Way Galaxy which is one galaxy among countless billions of other galaxies spread throughout the observable universe. 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,. Working Group. Report to C 40. IAU General . Asssembly. August 6, 2015. Honolulu, HI. Ken Kellermann. NRAO. Outline. Goals of the HRA WG . 2012-2015 . Triennial Report. Deceased . radio astronomers. Conferences. 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. Graeme Carrad . | Assistant Director - Engineering . Mark Bowen. | Group Leader – Front End Technologies. JULY 2012. CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science. Outline. Technologies for Radio Astronomy. CABB . 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. 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. astronomy ALL IMAGES ASTRONOMY: WILLIAM ZUBACK weight,however,is difficult to supportby hand Tomas Gergely. Glen Langston. National Academy of Sciences. Committee on Radio Frequencies. May 29, 2014. Spectrum Management Challenges 2014 - 2015. Spectrum protections and coordination for the new generation of broadband radio astronomy systems. objects outside the Earth (astronomical objects). Ancient Astronomy. “Ancient” means from . time long past, especially before the end of the Western Roman Empire in 476 A.D.. Many ancient peoples, including in ancient China and India, made detailed observations about the objects in the sky. 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. . 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. . Tasso Tzioumis, May 2020. Spectrum Management in Radio Astronomy. Why have I been going to Geneva so often?. 1.13 . radio astronomy. :.   . Astronomy based on the reception of. . radio waves. of cosmic origin.. 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.