Astronomy 2014-2015

Welcome to the Cosmos

The following images represent a sampling of what we will learn about these two weeks (and beyond) along with a few of the questions we will answer. Enjoy

NASA: Apollo 8 Christmas Day 1968

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/

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The Pleiades: do UFO’s and the ‘gray aliens’ really come from here?

http://flickr.com/photos/djmccrady/

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How and why do the stars move?

http://flickr.com/photos/fortphoto/

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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/

What Happened Here? 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/