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Old 12-10-2020, 02:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Introduction to Astronomy: Crash Course Astronomy #1

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Welcome to the first episode of Crash Course Astronomy. Your host for this intergalactic adventure is the Bad Astronomer himself, Phil Plait. We begin with answering a question: "What is astronomy?"

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Table of Contents:
What is Astronomy? 3:00
Who Studies Astronomy? 3:50
Origins & Developments 6:52




Moon Phases: Crash Course Astronomy #4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ5vty8f9Xc

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In this episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil takes you through the cause and name of the Moon's phases.

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Why the Moon Has Phases 0:36.1
Spheres in Orbit 1:05.4
Name of the Moon Phases 2:25

The Sun: Crash Course Astronomy #10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b22HKFMIfWo




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Phil takes us for a closer (eye safe!) look at the two-octillion ton star that rules our solar system. We look at the sun's core, plasma, magnetic fields, sunspots, solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and what all of that means for our planet.

This episode is sponsored by Squarespace: http://www.squarespace.com/crashcourse
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The Sun is a Star 1:28
Plasma's Magnetic Fields 6:11
Sunspots, Solar Flares, and Coronal Mass Ejections 7:09
How the Earth Reacts 9:18
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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They're the same thing. Heavenly bodies gyrating.
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They're not even close.
One is the scientific study and observation of the heavens, the other is the practice of using the motion and position of those stars to predict outcomes.
Actually, what you're describing is porn.
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I wish I had a holographic model of our solar system so I could see where the earth sun and moon are during those phases and how the tilt of the earth relates to the different season and how day and night are affected by latitude and all that. I understand all that stuff pretty well but a real 3-D model, not just a video of a 3-D model, that you could control would make it so much easier to wrap your head around.
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You know what's really interesting about astronomy? Sure, it's best if you have a telescope, but with a cheap pair of binoculars you can see some pretty amazing sights if you look at the stars. It's really quite breath-taking. I used to dabble in the smallest way when younger; couldn't even tell you which constellations are which now, but even just seeing that that tiny speck of light in the night sky is actually surrounded by purple and blue and red cosmic dust and looks so different just a little close-up: amazing.
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I guess you can see all that cause Ireland doesn't have any real cities.
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