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PHYS 110. Introductory Astronomy Instructor: Dr. Richard Bowman. Moon and Mars passed near each other in our sky (5/31) Auroras seen as far south as Nashville, TN, USA (5/15). Astronomy In The News. Source: Larry Koehn. More Astronomy In The News.
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PHYS 110 Introductory Astronomy Instructor: Dr. Richard Bowman
Moon and Mars passed near each other in our sky (5/31) Auroras seen as far south as Nashville, TN, USA (5/15) Astronomy In The News Source: Larry Koehn
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!
More Astronomy In The News • Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrived at Saturn for a four-year observational mission. (1/05) Video Source: European Space Agency
Course Mission The student will be introduced to: • what we know, • what we guess and • what we haven’t the vaguest idea about with regard to our physical universe.