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Canisius College, Buffalo Fred Watson, AAOApril 2005(With thanks to Dr A. Weston for facilitating the course)

Canisius College, Buffalo Fred Watson, AAOApril 2005(With thanks to Dr A. Weston for facilitating the course)

Folklore of the SkyBig telescopes for a small world

In the face of the Sun – planets and transitsForging the elements – the Sun and stars

James Gregory – Scotland’s Isaac NewtonIndustrial strength cosmology

Cosmic illusionsRAVEing mad – dissecting our Galaxy

Astronomers behaving badlyTomorrow’s Universe

A new view of the Universe I Fred Watson, AAOApril 2005

A new view of the Universe I Fred Watson, AAOApril 2005

THIS COURSE IS RATED MA

IT CONTAINS :•low-level jargon•textual references•occasional course language•explicit diagrams•bare facts

FOR MODERATELY ATTENTIVE AUDIENCES

The night skyThe night sky

Madagascar from the Space Shuttle

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Well, how about that?

A new planet!

The sky-watchersThe sky-watchers

Megalithic astronomy

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

The modern era…

VeryLargeTelescope

The Stonehenge of 2005—bringing in today’s folklore