PPT-Astronomy 1 –

Fall 2014 Lecture11 November 13 2014 Tonight Astro 1 Observing Session Optional Just for Fun WHEN November 13 th at 79pm Same time Nov 20 th if the 13 th is cloudy WHERE . For many its hard to know how to respond politely to someone who takes this ancient superstition seriously Yet many wellmeaning people develop an interest in astrology because of its constant play in the media and simply dont have the background in 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,. in Astronomy. Rob Fergus. New York University. Overview. Virtually all our knowledge about the universe derived from measurements of photons. Usually as images. Big astronomy project is $50M-200M. But only 1-2% of this on software. 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. Astro1010-lee.com. twlee2016@gmail.com. Chapter 6. Chapter 6. Our Living Earth. Our Living Earth. Survey of Astronomy. Astro1010-lee.com. twlee2016@gmail.com. Chapter 6. The interior of the Earth has been determined by studying the transmittal and reflection of Seismic Waves within the Earth. March 19. , 2014. Agenda. Treasurer’s report. FY 2014 budget request. Equipment Check-out. Star Party / Solar Party planning. Upcoming . Events. Observing Reports. APL Astronomy Club Treasury. March 19, 2014. 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. 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. 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.. 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. 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 . 1. Ancient Astronomy. Many ancient cultures took a keen interest in the changing nighttime sky. The records and artifacts that have survived until the present make that abundantly clear. . 2. Ancient Astronomy. 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.