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GCSE Astronomy >  [Lesson Summary Sheets]  >  Greenwich G&T

· Introduction to what stellar spectra can tell us – composition, rotation of stars, magnetic field of stars, velocity of stars (red and blue shift – the Doppler Effect)

 

 

 

Week 20 (14th March 2010)

 

· Space Exploration + brief history of rocketry

 

· Disadvantages and advantages of sending telescopes into space

 

· Uses and types of artificial Earth satellites

 

· Sun – observing – how to and dangers

 

· Hydrogen alpha telescope solar observing

 

· Week’s work

 

· Read Power Points on Space Exploration and (ready for next lesson)

Electromagnetic spectrum

 

· Bring along coursework to next lesson

 

 

 

Week 21 (21st March 2010)

 

· Electromagnetic spectrum (up to Optical only)

 

· Coursework session

 

· The equinox – see PPT on Celestial Coordinates

 

 

 

 

 

GCSE Astronomy — Lesson Summary Sheets—Year 2009/10—Greenwich G&T

 

· Next week Seasons and sundials, finish EM spectrum and variable stars

 

 

 

Week 22 (28th March 2010)

 

· EM spectrum – finished

 

· Variable stars – general types and Cepheid variable in detail. Finish next session

 

· Tour of old telescopes in and around the Meridian building of the ROG

 

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