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Week 2 (9th March 2010)

 

· Planetarium session – the night sky

 

· Planetarium show – Star Life – the life history of stars

 

 

 

Week 3 (16th March 2010)

 

· March and April 2010 night sky charts

 

· Introduction to the moon – geology, phases, orbit etc

 

· Observation of Mars through the 28 inch refractor

 

· Moon links

 

Nineplanets.org

 

John’s moon pages – useful for phases, rising and setting times etc.

 

· Mars links

 

Nineplanets.org

 

Mars Express

 

 

 

Week 4 (23rd March 2010)

 

· Grand Tour of the Solar System (from Mercury to Neptune, via the Asteroids)

 

· Useful web sites

 

· Mars Express

 

 

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What’s happening

in the sky

Contact details & Short CV

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Astronomy

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Summer

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The Moon

2010

Photo

Gallery

Student Calendar

· Cassini Saturn mission

 

· Voyager spacecraft - tour of the outer solar system

 

· Also go to my GCSE web links pages

 

 

 

Week 5 (30th March 2010)

 

· The Sun – an overview as a typical star

 

· The stars – a very brief introduction

 

· The Milky Way

 

· Galaxies

 

 

Introduction to Astronomy (IA) NMM/ROG Spring 2010

 

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