PPT-UNIT 1 - Astronomy Study Guide KEY

1 KNOW all of your vocabulary words You will need know know these words in order to answer many of the questions on the test 2 Know Earths place in our universe Earth is part of a solar system. 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,. 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. PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY . www.sc.edu/career. . phys·ics. . The scientific study of matter and motion.*. *"physics." . The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. . Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. 05 Aug. 2009. <Dictionary.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. 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.. . Presented by:-. Mohit. . Shashwat. . Ankit. What is X-ray Astronomy?. X ray astronomy is an observational branch of . astronomy. which deals with the study of x ray observation and detection from astronomical objects.. 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.. 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.. 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. . AN AMATEUR ASTRONOMY CLUB. BIRGUNJ,PARSA,NEPAL. IT IS NON PROFITABLE CLUB. VISIT US ON:-WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MASA ASTRO. E-MAIL:-astronomyclub.masa14@gmail.com. CONTACT US ON:- 9779845831167,9811844091/92. 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 .