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Astronomy 100. Alice Enevoldsen. Powers of Ten: http://vimeo.com/1066547 FAR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF2HG1PVZok A Glorious Dawn: http://www.symphonyofscience.com/. Moon. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/images/christmaseve/moon.jpg. 1 ¼ light seconds 30 Earth diameters
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Astronomy 100 Alice Enevoldsen
Powers of Ten: http://vimeo.com/1066547 • FAR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF2HG1PVZok • A Glorious Dawn: http://www.symphonyofscience.com/
Moon http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/images/christmaseve/moon.jpg 1 ¼ light seconds 30 Earth diameters 240,000 miles 380,000 kilometers
Sun 8 light minutes 93 million miles 1 Astronomical Unit http://z.about.com/d/space/1/5/Y/Q/sun_tour.jpg
Inner Solar System http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/sciences/astronomy/Solarsystem/TheSolarsystem/solarsystem/RevolutionandRotation/RevolutionandRotation.htm
Alpha Centauri http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cosmic/gifs/alpha.jpg 300,000 AU ?!
One Light Year • Distance light travels in a year • 64,000 AU • 1000 solar system diameters • 9.5 trillion kilometers
Alpha Centauri 4 Light Years
Milky Way http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos/3001088.jpg Wally Pacholka
Milky Way Starfield http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0105/sgr1_hst.jpg
Andromeda Galaxy http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061126.html
Hubble Deep Field http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/9702/deep_hst_big.jpg
Earth http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/mpeg/126252main_mdis_depart.mpeg