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Week 14 (23rd January 2010 )

 

· Discoveries of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto (Powerpoint Jupiter to Pluto)

 

· Status of Pluto (same Powerpoint)

 

· Optical instruments – making a simple telescope – magnification, resolution, light gathering etc.

 

 

 

Week 15 (30th January 2010 )

 

· Optical instruments and types of telescoipes

 

· The Sun - an introduction

 

· Sizes of planets and stars

 

Web links

 

· The Sun Kings – excellent book on the amazing solar event of 1859

 

· Sizes of star and planets http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm

 

 

 

Week 16 (6th February 2010 )

 

· Planetarium – Secrets of the Sun

 

 

 

 

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

 

· The Sun

 

· Read Sun Powerpoint

 

· Link to ROG Secrets of the Sun web site

 

 

 

Week 17 (13th February 2010 )

 

· Mid-course test

 

· Introduction to stellar distances – how they are measured

 

· Stellar brightness – apparent magnitude – introduction

 

 

 

Week 18 (27th February 2010 )

 

· Recap apparent magnitude (m), absolute magnitude (M) and distance (d) in parsecs

 

· What does M mean in reality

 

· Relationship between M, m and d – Distance Modulus equation and examples

 

· Star data for nearest and furthest stars

 

· Construct HR diagram from star data

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