Chaotic Astronomy

Uncover the mysteries of the world! From Astronomy to geomagnetics, biology to ecology, the Hows and Whys of Science Kit has everything a curious young scientist needs to explore the workings of the universe! Junior scientists learn how to conduct experiments like the professionals with special laboratory instruments and materials. Includes A telescope Beaker Compass Test tubes Optical prism Bright LEDs Bug viewer Generator flashlight Rock samples And more The beautifully illustrated, full color step by step guide includes hundreds of experiments and scientific reports explaining many of Earth’s mysterious secrets. Experiment with wind, thunder, magnetism, light, electronics and water. Explore the earth and sky in detail from the small micro organisms in water to the moon above. Gain an understanding of real scientific phenomena and learn how to draw conclusions from experiments just like real scientists do! Requires 3 AA batteries, not included. Grades 3+ Ages 8+

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Uncover the mysteries of the world! From Astronomy to geomagnetics, biology to ecology, the Hows and Whys of Science Kit has everything a curious young scientist needs to explore the workings of the universe! Junior scientists learn how to conduct experiments like the professionals with special laboratory instruments and materials. Includes A telescope Beaker Compass Test tubes Optical prism Bright LEDs Bug viewer Generator flashlight Rock samples And more The beautifully illustrated, full color step by step guide includes hundreds of experiments and scientific reports explaining many of Earth’s mysterious secrets. Experiment with wind, thunder, magnetism, light, electronics and water. Explore the earth and sky in detail from the small micro organisms in water to the moon above. Gain an understanding of real scientific phenomena and learn how to draw conclusions from experiments just like real scientists do! Requires 3 AA batteries, not included. Grades 3+ Ages 8+

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I know Galileo wasn’t the first person to say the world was round, but I need help find sites for a work cited page on how he and his Telescopes help disprove that the world was flat

Galileo’s discovery wasn’t that the earth wasn’t flat, rather it caused issues with the earth being the center of the universe. Seeing the moons of Jupiter going around Jupiter changed the concept forever that the earth was the center of everything.

Okay, so i’m really interested in cosmology and Astronomy. What is the best college/ university* that majors in these two subjects?

No accredited university will teach that…

Telescopes are often found high upon mountains when looking upon cities. The Hubble space telescope is located above the earth, looking upon us. Why are Telescopes located in these positions? Answer must have something to do with reflection/refraction. Please help. Thanks.

The altitude does mean there is a little less atmosphere to look thru but other factors include light pollution and air pollution, especially particlulates that block and scatter light, and just the variation in the atmosphere. The density of our air does vary due to temperature and humidity so the atmosphere acts as a lens (this is where refraction enters the equation).

They have developed technology that "corrects" the telescope optics for variations created by the atmosphere. This correction is not 100% effective (it helps dramatically but…) so there is still significant advantages for putting a telescope in space. In space, you can observe day and night, there is very little dust that will collect on the mirror (as there is on earth), there is no air pollution, there is no light pollution (except from the sun, distant stars, and black holes which happen to be between you and what you want to look at), and there is no atmosphere to act as a lens.

One note, the Hubble does not look upon us. The Hubble is designed for looking at things a lot farther away than earth. I don’t think the Hubble’s manuvering thrusters could keep the Hubble pointed at a single spot on earth long enough to get a good picture.

Hope this helps

I live in Colorado, Denver-Aurora. But i want to major in Astronomy and/or Astro physics.

DO i need to major in physics to take astrophysics?
What colleges are the best?
Plz Thank You.

UC Boulder would be a good choice nearby. Keep in mind there aren’t really any jobs in astronomy if you don’t have a PhD in the subject, and if you want to get a PhD in astronomy or astrophysics, you should be majoring in physics – Astronomy, math, and computer science courses are useful/necessary as well, but the physics major is essential for applying to grad schools. Astrophysics majors typically do NOT require you to take as much physics as you will need.

Other great schools are the ivies, Berkeley, CalTech, MIT, U Arizona, UT Austin, U Chicago, UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, Ohio State, U Michigan, Rice, U Washington, U Wisconsin, U Virginia, UMass Amherst, and many more.

So i bought a decent binocular and want to start Astronomy, but whereever i go there is some sort of a light source like a lamppost. What place is usually the darkest?

as far away from the lights as you can get.

If you have a school nearby you can go out into the middle of the athletic field and that will help (provided the lights aren’t on).

The top of a building gets you above a lot of the street-level glow.

By the way, which kind of binocs did you wind up getting?

Visit my ‘resources’ page below for some links to free downloadable star atlases and planispheres. I’ve also got a list of binocular objects and the Astronomy League’s page for the binocular Messier challenge.

I want to add stargazing to my evening hobbies. What budget Telescopes can I buy so I can view other planets in our solar system.. or far away stars?

Without question, the best budget telescope is not a telescope at all but a pair of decent binoculars. I was in amateur astronomy for 15 years or more before I could afford to buy a decent telescope – so I used binoculars. If you buy a cheap telescope, you will see the following:

1. The moon – it will be fuzzy and will jiggle around a lot.
2. The planets will look like blobs with no detail.
3. Deep sky objects will be impossible to find. If you do get a momentary glimpse, the mount will not allow you to keep it centered or even still in the eyepiece.

In short, this is about the best way for you to get so frustrated that you will chuck the entire hobby, and that would be sad.

I would highly recommend that you go to a dealer you trust, or check out Oriontelescopes.com on the internet. A decent tripod is also a good idea. Once you purchase these, go to an Astronomy club meeting, buy a book or two, and spend some time learning the night sky. This will be satisfying in itself. Plus if you go to a club gathering, you will be able to look through 20 or 30 scopes at different objects and use the experience to decide what you really want in a scope, once you can afford to buy one.

I’m working on a new website about Astronomy and astronomy related products, and would really like to know what would make astronomy hobbyists want to go to the site. Any thoughts and suggestions are very welcome. Thanks

Develop and market a good cloud filter. THAT would get all of us to go to that site!

You asked!

I like to know what will be out in the sky when I go so I like notice of events like passes of the ISS or iridium flares and stuff like that. I like to know if there are any comets visible –you know, the out of the ordinary stuff. On one group we were just told how some satelites were passing between uranus and us and how cool they looked going across the surface of uranus.

Well in Advance notice though, because I like to go and get set up before dark and I dont get internet out in the field.

How do astronomers use active and adaptive optics to improve the resolution of Telescopes?

Its very difficult, they have to stand on a ladder.