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Investigate constellations and some of the myths / stories behind them.
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Do the Planets Revolve Around the Earth or the Sun? R What are Cosmic Rays? R S What are the phases of the moon R R Determine the number of stars that can be seen from your local area R Investigate constellations and our solar system. R R S The sun, stars, black holes and supernovas R R R S Research stars' birth, life, and death. R S Black holes and time R S Everything about Stars & Planets |
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What is Dark Matter?
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Effects of Lunar Motion and Position upon the Birth and Death Rates of Human Beings R Do the Planets Revolve Around the Earth or the Sun? R Introduction to Nebulae R S Find out if Saturn's moons cause the gaps in Saturn's rings. R R What Are the Effects of Weather on Star Visibility? R Discover how many of the brightest infrared-emitting objects in an infrared sky patch are familiar objects such as stars. S Test the stellar parallax theory, a method used to determine the relative distance of stars, through a series of observations taken on a football field. R Measure true noon time using the sundial principle R R Calculate the circumference of the Earth. R R Explore the deep space - stars and black holes R R S S The Formation, Evolution and Death of Stars S Everything about Stars & Planets |
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Research Radio Astronomy and Build an Amateur Radio Telescope
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A Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) diagram of blazar S5 0716+714 using images from the Spitzer Space Telescope, ground based optical telescopes, and a radio telescope. R Direct Detection of Dark Matter with LENS: A New Directionally Sensitive Low Energy WIMP Detector R The Thermodynamics of the Rings of Saturn R Simulation of terrestrial impact craters R The Weird World of Planets in Binary Star Systems R Adaptive Optics and Its Role in Stellar Scintillation R Quantifying the Effect of Skyglow on the Visibility of Stars R Analyze ultra-high energy cosmic ray showers and characterize their energies and apparent direction of origin. R R Build and demonstrate a sidereal pointer - an instrument that allows you to localize each celestial object in the night sky. R Determine how distant is the moon? R R Investigate and use parallax to determine distances R R Explore the effect of the lunar phase on events on Earth - temperature and birth rates. S The effects of the temperature of the universe on Black Holes as the universe ages. R Investigate the Cosmological theory of the Big Bang S Everything about Stars & Planets |
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Astronomy Resources R Solar System Resources R Optics Resources R Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference R Safety Resources R R |
