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    Astronomy Flash Cards

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    Group‚ Milky Way‚ Local Supercluster  | | Definition C) you‚ Earth‚ solar system‚ Milky Way‚ Local Group‚ Local Supercluster | | | Term Which of the following statements about the celestial sphere is not true?A) When we look in the sky‚ the stars all appear to be located on the celestial sphere.B) The celestial sphere does not exist physically.C) Earth is placed at the center of the celestial sphere.D) From any location on Earth‚ we can see only half the celestial sphere at any one time.E)

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    Parallax

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    different points. * The farther the star the smaller the angle * Distance from one side of earth orbit to other is 300km. * distance from earth to sun is 1 AU * Can only measure close stars reliably. * Parallax is very small due to distance to stars. Makes it harder to measure accurately. * Relies on no assumptions‚ only earth’s geometry around the sun. * Uses simple trigonometry to calculate distances. Method: observe a close star within 100 ly‚ through a telescope.

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    Conduct a Swot Analysis

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    (ITDC). There are around 1000 classified hotels and the total room availability is pegged at 97‚000 rooms. Hotels are classified into six categories according to the star rating assigned by the Department of Tourism. These range from one star to Five star deluxe depending upon size and amenities. About 30% of the rooms fall under the 5-star deluxe categories. To find out the present status of this industry a strength‚ weakness opportunity and threat (SWOT) analysis is mental. This will help us in

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    TESS Telescope

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    Exoplanet Survey Satellite‚ TESS‚ wich will be sent to orbit on 2017 with the mission of finding exoplanets. Exoplanets are planets that orbit a star that is not our sun‚ and until now scientists have discovered over 800 of them‚ mainly thanks to the Kepler telescope wich began working in 2009. TESS goal is to identify planets within the habitable zones of nearby stars. This mainly means planets with a solid crust and with temperatures that allow the existence of liquid water. These are planets that could

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    Balmer Series

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    found outside the visible spectrum. The familiar red H-alpha line of hydrogen which is the transition from the shell n=3 to the Balmer series shell n=2 is one of the conspicuous colors of the universe contributing a bright red line to the spectra of star forming regions. Later‚ it was discovered that when the spectral lines of the hydrogen spectrum are examined at very high resolution‚ they are found to be closely-spaced doublets. This splitting is called fine structure. It was also found that excited

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    as many stars. Main Body This galaxy is set among the stars of the constellation of Andromeda‚ the tiny misty blur that astronomers know by the catalog number M 31 is easy to miss. Yet despite its unassuming appearance‚ M 31 is immensely greater than the stars that surround it. For centuries‚ astronomers thought that the Andromeda galaxy

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    Kepler- 22b

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    The planet’s first transit in front of its host star was observed on Kepler’s third day of scientific operations in mid-2009‚[9]. The third transit was detected in late 2010. Additional confirmation data was provided by the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based observations. On December 5‚ 2011‚ the confirmation of the existence of Kepler-22b was announced.[8] [edit]Composition and structure [pic] [pic] A diagram of the Kepler-22b System‚ compared to our Inner Solar System. Kepler-22b’s

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    to see if it’s a habitable planet. This planet should orbit a star that remains stable in output for billions of years. The star shoud provide brightness and warmth to the planet‚ be the energy source that lets plants make food to feed organisms. It is also important in that it will create seasons‚ weather patterns‚ oceanic currents and even sleep patterns for most living organisms. However‚ the planet should be a distance from the star that results in it achieving a suitable temperature so its

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    Reaction Paper

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    physical and chemical changes occur in stars as they grow old and soon explode. Newly born stars are blue and are the hottest ones. They are born as soon as a red star which is also an old star explodes. Stars aren’t the only ones visible during the night. Some nearby planets can also be seen but the difference is that they are steady unlike the stars which are twinkling. It was also told that the Sun isn’t the largest star‚ but instead‚ it is just the nearest star to our planet. We also traveled to

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    Science Lab Report

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    this lab was to introduce us to star charts and how to use them to find stars‚ constellations and other bodies in the sky. Procedure: The instructor gave a brief but thorough lecture and demonstration on how to go about finding the answers on the worksheet. We then filled out the worksheet that cover finding stars and constellations using right ascension and declination in general and on specific dates‚ where constellations are in the sky in relation to the star Polaris‚ and what time the sun

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