University of Mississippi

ASTR 103


Thursday, May 29, 2008

 Today's topics:

Quiz 3;
Answers to yesterdays's survey questions;
Waiting list; What to do about next week.

Moon phases and eclipses

The Celestial Sphere
and Proper Motions

 Reading: Sections 2.3, 2.4, S1.2, S1.3.

 Recent news: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and high-speed impactor to be launched later this year (SFN); The tricks it will use looking for water (NASA).

Spaceweather; APOD; Heavens-Above; Clear Sky Clock; Space Calendar; S&T Sky at a Glance; Textbook Website


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