Astronomy 210
Lecture 2, Aug 25
Fall 2010
Lecture Notes:
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Building a Scientific Cosmology: the Naked-Eye Cosmos
Observing the Night Sky
Celestial Sphere
diagram
of the celestial sphere
sketch
of a single star's path in 1 day
Star trails
in the
Southern Hemisphere
in the
northern hemisphere
where was
this
taken? (What latitude?)
answer
how long were the exposures in
these
images?
Sun Motions
the ecliptic plane
animated
Sun motion w.r.t celestial sphere:
real-time movies of the Sun
(LASCO
C3 camera
on
SOHO
)
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Brian D. Fields
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