ASTRONOMY

This video How do you start taking up astronomy? is from the series How To Take Up Astronomy

National Astronomy Day celebration in Aiken Fri, 01 May 2009 12:58:00 EST

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Amateur Astronomy for Beginners: Solar Safety Part 2"DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME"

Amateur Astronomy For Beginners: Solar Safety

Amateur Astronomy for Beginners: Eyepieces

Planispheres & BinocularsThis videos topic: Some advice for beginning your hobby in amateur astronomy and how to use a planisphere.Always remember that the most important tools are your eyes. Go out under the stars and look up!

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Professor Ian Morison discusses one of the hottest topics in astronomy: detecting other solar systems. The methods by which this has been achieved so far have yet to detect an earth-like planet, but already a miniature version of our solar system has been discovered. How do these discoveries affect the prospects for life elsewhere?

Imke de Pater is a professor in the Department of Astronomy at UC Berkeley. Here, she examines whether Saturn's moon resembles ancient earth.

Starting out in astronomy, it's important to know your way around the night sky. This is how to find the North Star that will give you the directions to other stars as well.

NASA's David Morrison Answers 2012 Conspiracy TheoristsSkeptiCal - David Brower CenterDr. David Morrison is the Director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute and Senior Scientist for Astrobiology at the NASA Ames Research Center. He holds a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard and is internationally known for his research on small bodies in the solar system, including advocacy for developing plans to defend the Earth from impacts by comets and asteroids.

Is 2012 the End of Time? Modern-Day Mayans Say NoSkeptiCal - David Brower CenterDr. David Morrison is the Director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute and Senior Scientist for Astrobiology at the NASA Ames Research Center. He holds a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard and is internationally known for his research on small bodies in the solar system, including advocacy for developing plans to defend the Earth from impacts by comets and asteroids.

Learn about the privately funded Spaceship One. You will also see in this video the activities during the National Astronomy Week in Greenwich.

Learn about the contents of Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks. Also learn about the how versatile Da Vinci was in studying the physics, music, astronomy, optics, anatomy, hydraulics, architecture, aerodynamics, machines, botany and engineering.

Travel with Bennett-Watt and discover the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Socorro New Mexico.

In this episode, Daddy Troy demonstrates some software that will encourage your child to learn about space. Specifically he looks at Google Earth, Google Moon, Google Mars, satellite tracking software from NASA, and some astronomy and satellite tracking iphone apps called GoSatWatch, GoSkyWatch and Star Walk. Distributed by Tubemogul.

The Adler Planetarium is prepping some of the oldest telescopes in the world for visitors to look at and look through.

A little advice on purchasing that first telescope.

A brief discusion of telescope mounts: Alt-Azmuth, equatorial, and dobsonian. Also answering a question about moon phases sent to me by email.

The difference between refractors and reflectors and the importance of size.

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