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1 Astronomy 2014-2015 Welcome to the Cosmos The following images represent a sampling of what we will learn about these two weeks (and beyond) along with a few of the questions we will answer. Enjoy

2 NASA: Apollo 8 Christmas Day 1968

3 What is this? How far away is it? http://flickr.com/photos/pingnews/474783096/

4 Is this the same object as the previous slide? If not, how many of these are out there? http://flickr.com/photos/astroguy/27202435/

5 Where did this come from? How old is it? http://flickr.com/photos/xamad/518876976/

6 The Pleiades: do UFO’s and the ‘gray aliens’ really come from here? http://flickr.com/photos/djmccrady/356172129/

7 How and why do the stars move? http://flickr.com/photos/fortphoto/511862945/

8 Why do stars circle the sky? http://flickr.com/photos/strangejourney/452412475/

9 Is this a black hole or something more weird? http://flickr.com/photos/betelgeux/134771217/

10 A couple of neighbors…are they really this size? http://flickr.com/photos/bluedharma/91052455/

11 What does Galileo have to do with this? http://flickr.com/photos/fortphoto/298926888/

12 What Happened Here? http://flickr.com/photos/makelessnoise/113177920/

13 How does the moon change shape? http://flickr.com/photos/joka2000/83405007/

14 Why does the moon change color? http://flickr.com/photos/fortphoto/183865953/

15 Is this solid, liquid or gas…why? http://flickr.com/photos/elsie/50897315/

16 Meteor or comet? What is the difference? http://flickr.com/photos/mathieustruck/410833031/

17 Obseravtories on a mountaintop? Why? http://flickr.com/photos/35188692@N00/2282306375/

18 How do these things ‘see’ stars? http://flickr.com/photos/fortphoto/309711581/

19 Bad science fiction movie actor or the real thing? http://flickr.com/photos/pingnews/2074667653/

20 Real or fake? How do we know? http://flickr.com/photos/pingnews/436668227/

21 Is it really round? Some say it is flat. http://flickr.com/photos/pingnews/263570357/


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