PHYS 110

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PHYS 110

• Introductory
• Astronomy
• Instructor
• Dr. Richard Bowman

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Astronomy In The News

• Moon and Mars passed near each other in our sky
  (5/31)
• Auroras seen as far south as Nashville, TN, USA
  (5/15)

Source Larry Koehn
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More Astronomy In The News

• First photo of a planet orbiting another star
  (other than the Sun) is made public.

R. Neuhäuser, et al, reported on March 31 the
direct imaging of a 2-M(Jup.) exoplanet orbiting
the K7 star GQ Lup (0.7 M(Sun)). Planet is 103 AU
from star and orbits once every 1200 years!
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More Astronomy In The News

• Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrived at Saturn for
  a four-year observational mission. (1/05)
• Video Source
• European Space Agency

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Course Mission

• The student will be introduced to
• what we know,
• what we guess and
• what we havent the vaguest idea about
• with regard to our physical universe.

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Lets Enjoy The JourneyTogether!