Transcript Introduction to Astronomy Course

PHYS 110
Introductory
Astronomy
Instructor:
Dr. Richard Bowman
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
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!
More Astronomy In The News
• Cassini-Huygens
spacecraft arrived at
Saturn for a four-year
observational
mission. (1/05)
Video Source:
European Space Agency
Course Mission
The student will be introduced to:
• what we know,
• what we guess and
• what we haven’t the vaguest idea about
with regard to our physical universe.
Let’s Enjoy
The Journey
Together!