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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 4, 2015 by boonea2

The astronomer I choose is Galileo Galilei. Galileo was extremely important to astronomy for numerous reasons, but one of them is through his improvements to the telescope. Another reason he is extremely important to astronomy is through his observations with the telescope. Known as father of modern observational astronomy. The two historical events I choose […] Continue reading →

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Blog #2- Moon Phases and Eclipses

Posted on January 22, 2015 by boonea2

I remeber a couple years ago I was in Florida and… I’m blanking on what type of eclipse it was, but it was incredible. My dad was yelling at me to come outside and watch it. I was pretty young so I don’t remember a lot, but I do remember that I was amazed by […] Continue reading →

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Blog #1 Space is Mind Blowing!

Posted on January 21, 2015 by boonea2

It is weird to think that we are all made of little particles that exploded in supernovas. Like how were we even created? It blows my mind. I was looking up some fun facts about space, and I came across an article that talked about Saturn, and I learned that Saturn has such a low […] Continue reading →

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ASTR 201 BLOG#0

Posted on January 10, 2015 by boonea2

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