Draco ’s stars are not very bright. The head of the dragon consists of four stars; Beta‚ Gamma‚ Nu and Xi Draconis. Shooting stars that are known as the Dranconids appear to radiate from Draco ’s head. The Cat ’s Eye Nebula CREDIT: NASA the Cat ’s Eye Nebula is also contained within the constellation. The constellation encompasses several faint galaxies‚ including the Draco Dwarf Galaxy‚ one of the least luminous galaxies with a diameter of about 3‚500 light years. Draco is a circumpolar constellation
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Astronomy flash cards Term Which of the following has your "address" in the correct order?A) you‚ Earth‚ solar system‚ Milky Way‚ Local Supercluster‚ Local GroupB) you‚ Earth‚ Local Group‚ Local Supercluster‚ solar system‚ Milky WayC) you‚ Earth‚ solar system‚ Milky Way‚ Local Group‚ Local SuperclusterD) you‚ Earth‚ solar system‚ Local Group‚ Local Supercluster‚ Milky WayE) you‚ Earth‚ solar system‚ Local Group‚ Milky Way‚ Local Supercluster | | Definition C) you‚ Earth‚ solar system‚ Milky
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Astronomy is Religion Stop‚ look‚ listen‚ and think for a minute about what has been taught about religion. Peter Joseph states "I do not know what God is but I know what he isn’t" (2007). He makes this remarkable statement in the motion picture Zeitgeist. Putting religion under the microscope shows many reasons Christianity is plagiarized from the Egyptian and many other religions. Joseph also states that for the most part religion comes from astronomy and the way the earth‚ sun‚ and stars are aligned
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Why is astronomy beneficial to society? Astronomy benefits society in many ways. Astronomy has helped the medical field greatly. For example‚ blood samples from leukaemia patients can be processed faster because of a collaboration between a drug company and the Cambridge Automatic Plate Measuring Facility. Radio astronomers came up with a way that is currently used as a non-invasive way to detect tumors and as a result there is an extremely accurate detection rate in breast cancer patients. Astronomy
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Mathematics‚ and to coach basketball. When the term ended in 1914 he decided to study astronomy from Yerkes Observatory. In 1917‚ he received a doctorate degree in astronomy from the University of Chicago. While in university he was recruited by California’s Mount Wilson Observatory to help complete the construction of its Hooker telescope. Before beginning the new position Hubble completed a doctorate in astronomy‚ enlisted in the U.S. Army and served a tour of duty in World War I. Using the Hooker
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1. What prominent northern hemisphere star was the first to have its spectrum photographed? 2. An interstellar cloud of gas known as an H-II region is mainly composed of what? 3. What celestial object is known as the morning star or the evening star depending on when it is seen in the sky? 4. Which planet of the Solar System is accompanied by two moons named for the Greek gods of fear and terror? 5. On what kind of diagram are stars plotted according to their surface temperature
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Lab 4: Kepler’s Laws (answer sheet) 1. a: semi-major axis b: semi-minor axis c: focus d: center 2. The distance from the center to a focus is 31 millimeters and the length of the semi-major axis is also in millimeters. The numbers are not even and cannot be simplified any further than what they are since 31 is a prime number. The number is 31/102‚ or 31 divided by 102 which results in 0.303921568627451. 3. Kepler’s first Law is that all planets orbit in an elliptical (egg
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SCI 224 - Scientific Equations Study Guide Scientific Equations Study Guide Week 1 Gravitational Force Calculate the gravitational force between a 1000 kg object and a 1300 kg object separated by a distance of 5 m. Solution: Circular Speed Calculate the circular speed of an object that orbits the Sun at a distance of 6.7 AU. Solution: The astronomical unit 1 AU = 1.5 × 1011 m The solar mass M = 1.989 × 1030 kg SCI 224 - Scientific Equations Study Guide Week 2 Wien’s Law
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Multiple Choice 1. Air may best be described as __________. a. an element b. a compound c. a mixture d. none of these 2. Which one of the following is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere? a. oxygen b. argon c. carbon dioxide d. nitrogen 3. With which
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find something Greek about it. Out of all the areas that the Greek culture is famous for there are two that tend to exert themselves into our own culture even today. That would be their Science and Astronomy fields. If one were to look up in a library books about ancient Greek science and astronomy they would have a mountain of books to sift through. There seem to be so many individuals who have contributed towards the great scientific and astronomic revelations that the list of names seems
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