Galileo‚ Through a Clear Lens Many people remember Galileo Galilei as simply the inventor of the telescope‚ and an important figure in science. However‚ Galileo’s life and pioneer thinking challenged the old world beliefs of the Church at a time when their word was law; and demonstrated his great courage‚ his strong convictions‚ and his thirst for knowledge. Galileo began his studies as a young boy at a monastery near Florence‚ Italy. In 1581‚ he gave up the monastic life at the request of his
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even distribution of globular clusters in all directions. B) more globular clusters in certain directions. C) an uneven‚ random scattering of globular clusters across the sky. 3) Since the stars inside the horse’s head in the Hubble Space Telescope image are considerably fainter and redder than the bright stars surrounding the horse’s head in the ground-based image‚ what would you conclude? A) The stars inside the horse’s head are less luminous than the surrounding
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the one who helped her with her interest in astronomy. At an early age Maria’s father “used stellar observations to check the accuracy of chronometers for Nantucket‚ Massachusetts‚ whalers and taught his children to use a sextant and reflecting telescope” (Sarah Zielinski‚ smithsonian.com). Maria got a good education at a “school at which her father was the master” (nwhm.org). At the young age of seventeen‚ Maria opened her own schools for girls‚ there she taught science and math. Maria discovered
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Literary Analysis: The Lame Shall Enter First Nakia Chambliss Baptist College of Health Sciences Literary Analysis: The Lame Shall Enter First There are three main characters in this story: Sheppard‚ Norton and Rufus. Each character in this story is experiencing an emotional battle which they try to find healing but for some it will be too late. The narrator in the story is Sheppard. Sheppard
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12% interest is worth more in FV terms than $200 invested for 10 years at 4% interest. True False Question 3 (5 points) Shawn wants to buy a new telescope. He estimates that it will take him one year to save the money and that the telescope will cost $200. At an interest rate of 6%‚ how much does Shawn need to set aside today to purchase the telescope in one year? (Enter just the number without the $ sign or a comma) Answer for Question 3 Question 4 (10 points) Johnny and Darren both earn $100
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only seen with a telescope but every once in a while an impressive one is visible to the naked eye. People through out history gave importance to comets. For example the Romans made a coin about a comet orbiting the sun that shows how its tail points away from the sun. The Babylonians recorded a comet sighting. One of the Astic leaders gave up his land to the Spanish upon seeing a comet.<br><br>Definitely we are living in the age of comets where scientists detect it through telescopes and e-mail it
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LEVELLING INSTRUMENTS The instruments commonly used in direct levelling are : 1. A level 2. A levelling staff 1.LEVEL The purpose of a level is to provide horizontal sight. Essentially‚ a level consists of the following four parts : a. A telescope to provide line of sight. b. A level tube to make the line of site horizontal. c. A levelling head (tribrach or trivet stage) to bring the bubble its centre of run. d. A tripod to support the instrument. AUTO LEVEL An Auto Level machine
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Young Discoverer Series UNIVERSE NICKNAMES OF PLANETS: Mercury – Speedy Messenger. Venus – Morning or Evening Star. Earth – The Blue Planet. Mars – The Red Planet. Jupiter – Jove or the Galilean System. Saturn – The Ringed Planet. Uranus – Father Sky. Neptune – The Windy Planet. Pluto – The Ice Planet. DEFINITIONS: STAR: A huge body made of hot luminous gas that is held together by its own gravity. Compared to other stars‚ our Sun is a star of average size and energy. PLANET: A large
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Earth’s atmosphere‚ especially if pollution is present. Light pollution may be caused by light from human activity. If the background sky is less dark the stars stand out less and so are harder to see. Telescopes A refracting telescope uses lenses to produce a magnified image A reflecting telescope includes a large mirror to produce a magnified image It is much easier and cheaper to produce a large
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PHYS1160 Essays Essays should be between 1500 and 2000 words. The word limit should include the text‚ figure captions‚ footnotes‚ but not the reference list (we are happy to see lots of references). You will lose marks for going over or under the word limit. You are welcome to include pictures. However try to ensure that they help to illustrate the argument presented in the essay and are not mere adornment. Your essay should be written for a well informed but non-specialist audience. The style used
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