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The Bowl of Night . Mr. K., NASA/GRC/LTP. Edited: Ruth Petersen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Day 1: What We See From Home. Sun Pillar. . Sun - SOHO. Sun Seen in Soft X-Rays. Sun - STS 82. Stars - Other Suns!. 1. Star Colors. A Star Thermometer.
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The Bowl of Night Mr. K., NASA/GRC/LTP Edited: Ruth Petersen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Day 1: What We See From Home
Stars - Other Suns! 1. Star Colors
A Star Thermometer Hotter: 7500 K Sun: 5500 K Cooler: 4000 K
Betelgeuse Rigel Orion - the Hunter
Star Brightness: Which do You Think is Brighter? A 1 Earth B A 2 B Earth A 3 Earth B
Tycho The Moon - Our Satellite
Quarter Gibbous Crescent 7 Full New 14 Old Crescent 21 Old Gibbous Old Quarter The Moon Sun
How Things Move: The MOON Day 7 Day 5 Day 1 Day 3 West East
The Bowl of Night Mr. K., NASA/GRC/LTP Edited: Ruth Petersen
. . . . Day 2: The Solar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rocky Matter (Source of craters) Debris Icy Matter (Source of comets) Formation of the Solar System It began with aNebular Gas Cloud From which developedProto-Sun & Planets From which came theSun, Planets, & Debris Which finally cleared out to leave just theSun & Planets (and their moons, etc.)
Rocky Matter ... What do you see happening here? What do you think that the end result will be? Can we see evidence of this kind of bombardment today?
Gibraltar Australia Antarctica Mississippi Mt. Etna Earth as Seen from Space
Mars Olympus Mons Mariner’s Valley Tarsus Tarsus & Mariner’s Valley
The Bowl of Night Mr. K., NASA/GRC/LTP Edited: Ruth Petersen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Day 3: The Universe
Rocky Matter (Source of craters) Debris Icy Matter (Source of comets) Formation of the Solar System It began with aNebular Gas Cloud From which developedProto-Sun & Planets From which came theSun, Planets, & Debris Which finally cleared out to leave just theSun & Planets (and their moons, etc.)
Icy Matter ... Jan Oort’s Cometary Cloud
Stars Gas Dust And more stars... Our Galaxy
RotationalAxis Milky Way: Center - COBE
M15, Globular Cluster M100 - HST M83 Spiral M51, The Whirlpool