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Okay Astronomers!
Okay guys, let's try this again..lol. Please do the survey and we'll get this ball rolling. I'm going to set a schedule that we should all be able to follow. Sunday's we will have our first assignment for points, and Wednesday's we will have another assignment that will be a follow-up with an extra credit portion attached. Please note the grading ( Read more... ) -
New Term
Okay, so after an extremely anti-climactic ending to last term with a promised final exam that never came because I got slammed with GI Joe work, hopefully we'll make this a better term in terms of organization ( Read more... ) -
Thank you Stenie!
I know that it's a little early to be looking to next term, but I saw something that Stenie used that made my throat tickle. She is writing an online book for her class to use and I thought that that was the greatest idea I had ever seen, so next term we will be using an online book as well! I hope that it turns out okay, but I think that it will ( Read more... ) -
Welcome!
Welcome all my future astronomers! This is Astronomy class back from the dead. My girlfriend (
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Hello all! Just a friendly reminder that last week's assignment on nebulae will be due by 11:55 tonight (eastern standard time). I'm sure that some of you who haven't done it could get it done in five hours or so. =D
Quite a bit of people have turned in the extra credit assignment, but if you haven't yet you still have until Tuesday night to ( Read more... ) -
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Hey there guys! Just a little friendly reminder that you have until 11:55 PM ET tonight to turn in the solar system assignment. I've only had two people turn it in so far and I'd really like to see more participation. It doesn't take as long as it looks, I promise. =D
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Extra Credit Assignment 1
Perhaps one of the greatest aspects of modern astronomy was the "Great Pluto War". Astronomers had been looking for "Planet X" for decades before Clyde W. Tombaugh finally discovered Pluto in 1930, and until this decade, textbooks and other references listed Pluto correctly as the ninth planet in our solar system. Pluto's planethood status has been ( Read more... ) -
I'm an idiot.
I've received word from two people that my latest assignment, "Our Solar System", had a posted due date of June 22. To any of you who were pulling your hair out by the roots trying to figure out how you were going to submit that assignment in less than twelve hours, my sincerest apologies. When I posted that assignment I was going on two hours of ( Read more... ) -
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Hey guys! Just a friendly reminder that our matching assignment is due in a little over twelve hours. Remember, I'll deduct 10 percent for every week it's turned in late. I should be posting a new assignment in about an hour or so, and there will be an extra credit assignment posted around Wednesday of next week. For those of you who returned to ( Read more... ) -
Introduction to Constellations
Constellations were first recognized by the Greeks. It is argued that constellations were used as a method of direction during long travels, as during that time star maps were an effective means of following specific bearings. There are a total of 88 constellations in the night sky, although they can never be collectively seen at one time. 28 ( Read more... )