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What good is astronomy?

What good is astronomy?. Calendar Time Shade Driving Conditions Hunting Navigation. Earth Orbit Seasons Sundial Shaded Parking Glare Shadow Moonlight North South East West. Sun Moon Stars Planets. When is the sun out? Are all days the same length? Is the moon out tonight

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What good is astronomy?

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  1. What good is astronomy? Calendar Time Shade Driving Conditions Hunting Navigation Earth Orbit Seasons Sundial Shaded Parking Glare Shadow Moonlight North South East West

  2. Sun Moon Stars Planets When is the sun out? Are all days the same length? Is the moon out tonight ortoday? How are planets different?

  3. Inspiration Romance Art Music Literature

  4. Astronomy/Disaster Dinosaur Extinction Asteroid Impact Can we prevent our own extinction?

  5. Astronomy/Tragedy Moonlight Titanic Visibility of Icebergs

  6. Astronomy/Warfare Glare Pearl Harbor They came from the west, but circled around and attacked from the east. Glare From Rising Sun

  7. Astronomy/Warfare Moonlight Afghanistan Bombing of Afghanistan began on moonless night. They couldn’t see US planes.

  8. Astronomy/Warfare Moonlight Sinking of Indianapolis Ship Delivered Atom Bomb Attack Defense Against Attack

  9. Method of Astronomy Observe Summarize Model/Theory Test Model Other Models Accepted as Law

  10. History Prehistoric Geography Ancient Heliocentric Revolution

  11. History Prehistoric Geography Ancient Helicentric Revolution

  12. Prehistoric Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth

  13. Constellations Familiar Groupings of Stars Named After Mythical Characters Stars Always in Same Place in Constellation Constellations Always in Same Order in Sky Stars Usually Not Related

  14. Constellations Move Throughout Night Predictable Motion

  15. Prehistoric Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth

  16. Prehistoric Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth

  17. Prehistoric Astronomy Calendar Development Observation of Stars at Sunrise/Sunset

  18. Sunset and the Stars

  19. Ecliptic

  20. Prehistoric Astronomy Calendar Development Observation of Stars at Sunrise/Sunset Horizon at Sunrise/Sunset

  21. Sunrise Calendar

  22. Prehistoric Astronomy Calendar Development Observation of Stars at Sunrise/Sunset Horizon at Sunrise/Sunset Shadows Rise/Noon/set

  23. The Sun and the Seasons Noon Sun High in Summer Noon Shadows Short Noon Sun Low in Winter Noon Shadows Long

  24. Sunrise and Sunset Sunrise in the East? Sunset in the West? Noon Shadows Hours of Daylight

  25. Sunrise and Sunset Shaded Parking Glare

  26. Tonight Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth

  27. Circumpolar Stars

  28. Geography and Seasons Arctic Circles Tropics Day and Night

  29. Tonight Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth

  30. Eratosthenes in Syene Sunlight

  31. Eratosthenes in Syene Sunlight Reflection

  32. Eratosthenesin Alexandria Sunlight

  33. Eratosthenes

  34. Eratosthenes

  35. Eratosthenes

  36. Tonight Constellations Celestial Sphere Seasons/Calendars Ecliptic Navigation Shape of Earth Size of Earth

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