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FR01 |
The Rhythmic Sky 1.2
How and why celestial objects move in the sky the way they do, and more about practical astronomy. |
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FR02 |
Stellar Radiation 1.2
The electro-magnetic spectrum in Astronomy.
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FR03 |
Stellar Distance 1.3
How astronomers measure distance
to celestial objects; an overview.
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FR04 |
Stellar Velocity 1.2
How astronomers measure velocity
of celestial objects. |
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FR05 |
Multi-wavelength Astronomy
How astronomers use the entire electro-magnetic spectrum
and how that contributes to our understanding of the Universe.
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FR06 |
Stellar evolution 1.1
The life cycle of stars.
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FR07 |
Great Distances
Continuation of Stellar Distance, but now further out, up to the reverse use of Hubble's Law.
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FR08 |
Hubble's Law
Cosmological redshift, the Expanding Universe and Hubble's constant. |
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Matariki 2.2
The principle of heliacal rising and how that
defines the New Zealand indigenous New Year. |
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A Sense of Scale 1.1
How to make sense of distance in, and the size of the Universe.
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Celestial Bodies Lining up
On transits, occultations, eclipses and gravitational lensing
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Calendar and Time
History of our calendar and time systems. |
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| FRS05 |
Luminosity, Magnitude and Distance
Absolute and apparent brightness
and how that relates to distance. Numerical examples. |
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Telescopes
The basics of optical telescopes. |
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