'American astronomical society' presentation slideshows

The Solar Corona

The Solar Corona. Steven R. Spangler Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Iowa. Basic facts on the Sun. Distance: 149.6 million km (1 astronomical unit) Radius: 696,000 km (6378 km for Earth) Mass: 1.989E30 kg (5.97E24 kg for Earth).

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Outreach You Can Do to Promote Dark Skies Awareness:

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IOP Publishing iop

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Space Art and the International Association of Astronomical Artists

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Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan. Father of the Cosmic Calender By Marco Antonio Carreno & Christian Rodgers. Carl Sagan . Born in 1934 The University of Chicago offered him financial support (1951) Continued there for grad work, where he received his doctorate. (1960)

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Harlow Shapley

Harlow Shapley. November 1885 - October 1972. Major Discovery: Milky Way Galaxy exponentially larger than previously believed Focus on globular clusters : gigantic spheroidal agglomerations of stars that orbit the Milky Way.

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Harlow Shapley

Harlow Shapley. November 1885 - October 1972. Major Discovery: Milky Way Galaxy exponentially larger than previously believed Focus on globular clusters : gigantic spheroidal agglomerations of stars that orbit the Milky Way.

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Volcanoes on Mercury

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Collections CTIO plates: 4-m, Curtis Schmidt and miscellaneous slit spectra from 1967- 1998

The Astronomical Photographic Data Archive. J.D. Cline 1 , M. W. Castelaz 1 ,T. Barker 1 , E. Griffin 2 , W. Osborn 3 1 Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute; 2 Dominion Astrophysical Observatory; 3 Central Michigan University. Not-for-profit public foundation. www.pari.edu.

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Happy Holidays 2009

5710 Highland Hills Dr Austin, TX 78731. Happy Holidays 2009.

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