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Title: PHYS 110


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PHYS 110
  • Introductory
  • Astronomy
  • Instructor
  • Dr. Richard Bowman

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Astronomy In The News
  • Moon and Mars passed near each other in our sky
    (5/31)
  • Auroras seen as far south as Nashville, TN, USA
    (5/15)

Source Larry Koehn
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More Astronomy In The News
  • First photo of a planet orbiting another star
    (other than the Sun) is made public.

R. Neuhäuser, et al, reported on March 31 the
direct imaging of a 2-M(Jup.) exoplanet orbiting
the K7 star GQ Lup (0.7 M(Sun)). Planet is 103 AU
from star and orbits once every 1200 years!
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More Astronomy In The News
  • Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrived at Saturn for
    a four-year observational mission. (1/05)
  • Video Source
  • European Space Agency

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Course Mission
  • The student will be introduced to
  • what we know,
  • what we guess and
  • what we havent the vaguest idea about
  • with regard to our physical universe.

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Lets Enjoy The JourneyTogether!
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