Astro 1050
Jan. 23, 2004
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Extra Credit Astronomy Articles
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More about Scientific Notation, Units, and
the Scale of the Universe
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How we name and start to describe stars
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Constellations, Magnitudes
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How the stars move across the sky
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The celestial sphere
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Reading:
For Today:
Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Appendix A
For Mon. :
Ch. 3
Homework on WebCT (Due Friday!) and Lab begins next week