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The Ahhhh!
(Awe)
In Astronomy
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"For my part, I know nothing with any certainty,
but the sight of stars makes me dream."
~Vincent van Gogh
The Winter Sky
New Moon
Wonders of the Night Sky!
Northern Hemisphere
Wonders of the Night Sky!
Southern Hemisphere
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
~ 10,000 Galaxies in the diameter 1/10th the moon
What Can We See?
The Solar System
What Can We See?
Our Star
~93,000,000 miles
Our Nearest Star
What Can We See?
Sun
Sunspots
What Can We See?
The Sun
Through
a
Special
Hydrogen
Filter
Sun
Sun
What Can We See?
Sun
Sun
Partial Solar Eclipse
Sun
Total Eclipse Sun Solar Eclipse
Venus
~50 million Miles from Earth
March 26, 2004
April 23, 2004
May 4, 2004
May 18, 2004
Venus has Phases
Earth From our Moon
Earth’s Moon
250,000 miles
What Can We See?
Craters, Mountains, Valleys, Canyons…
Mars
60 million miles
Jupiter
~400 million miles
Jupiter’s Moons
Saturn
~865 million miles
Comet Hyakutake
Leonid Meteor Shower
Aurora & Planets & Pleiades
Deep Space
• Stars & Double Stars
• Nebula
• Planetary Nebula
• Star Clusters
• Galaxies
• Black Holes
• Quasars
Beehive Cluster M44
M13 Great Cluster in
Hercules
Pleiades
Double Stars
Beta Cygni (Alberio)
M42 - Orion Nebula
~1500 light years
Veil Nebula
~2600 Light Years
Large Magellanic Cloud
Large Magellanic Cloud
Closer View
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
~2.4 millions light-years
M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy
Galaxies Merging
A Gaggle of Galaxies in Coma Berenices
Binoculars - A Great Place To Start!
Summer Milky Way
Lots of Telescope Choices
The End…
or the Beginning!
Go Outside and Take a Look
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