Australian Aboriginal Astronomy: When Giant Fish Leaves the Sky I would like to introduce our readers to a video presentation made by John Morieson and Alex Cherney about the astronomy of the Boorong clan (of the Wergaia language in northwest Victoria). John Morieson is an historian in Victoria who has spent many years researching the astronomy of the Boorong and other Victorian Aboriginal groups. He completed an MA thesis at the University of Melbourne in 1996, where he reanalysed the work of William Edward Stanbridge regarding Boorong astronomy. Alex Cherney is an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer in Melbourne. He has produced amazingly beautiful photography of the sky and has won several awards and honourable mentions in astrophotography competitions, including the STARMUS astrophotography contest, the David Malin awards, and several NASA "Astronomy Picture of the Day" posts. This video was presented at the 2011 SEAC conference in Portugal.
Bureau - Learn About Meteorology Purpose In this section of our web site we would like to help you find the information you want quickly and easily. Along the way we hope your awareness of what the Bureau of Meteorology has to offer will increase, and perhaps you will understand the field of meteorology better. Climate & weather: what's the difference? Climate is what you expect; weather is what you get. Climate is about long-term records, trends and averages; weather is the day to day experience. Climate is the sum or synthesis of all the weather recorded over a long period of time. If weather is the watch then climate is the calendar. What's Available We have resources such as brochures, reports and glossaries in the form of web pages and PDF documents. The Bureau wishes to acknowledge the work done by the students employed under the Work Experience and Vocational Education and Training schemes. Alphabetic List of Topics and Search Tool and icons linked to brochures. Go to top
Astronomy For Kids - KidsAstronomy.com Total Solar Eclipse 2012 - Total Solar Eclipse 2012 Education Resources About EU-UNAWE EU-UNAWE follows the same vision as UNAWE: to use the beauty and grandeur of the Universe to inspire young children and encourage them to develop an interest in science and technology. The programme also aims to introduce children to the idea of global citizenship and tolerance at a crucial stage of their development – to show them that they are part of an international community. Until the advent of UNAWE, there were no large scale attempts to use astronomy as a tool for inspiring and educating young children. Therefore, while our resources are open to all, the programme is aimed at children aged 4 to 10 years, especially those from underprivileged communities. To read more about the distinction between EU-UNAWE and UNAWE, please click here. EU-UNAWE Project Facts More information: Cordis Website
NASA IMAGE Education This web site provides teachers, students and the interested public with the latest information about auroral science, and the study of Earth's magnetic field. The goal of the IMAGE mission's education and public outreach program (POETRY) is to explain how solar storms affect the Earth, and to correct misconceptions about Earth's magnetic field, its radiation belts, and why we have aurora. Here are some questions that you may have encountered in your textbooks: What causes aurora? What is the solar wind? What is a magnetic field? What are the Van Allen Belts? What is space weather? How does space weather affect us Answer
Stellarium Les lancements de navettes spatiales sous tous les angles [youtube] C’est probablement la plus longue vidéo que nous vous recommanderons jamais, mais si vous aimez l’espace ou la photographie, ou tout simplement les belles images, vous feriez bien de regarder cette vidéo compilant les lancements de trois navettes spatiales de la NASA vus comme si vous étiez avec les techniciens du centre de contrôle. Le film couvre trois missions spatiales (STS-114, STS-117 et STS-124) avec des caméras positionnés à des angles utilisés par la NASA pour « identifier visuellement des événements non nominaux et conditions requérant des actions correctives pour assurer la sécurité et le succès de la mission ». Installez-vous confortablement, cliquez sur lecture et profitez du spectacle. Solar System, Solar System Information Our Cosmic Neighborhood From our small world we have gazed upon the cosmic ocean for thousands of years. Ancient astronomers observed points of light that appeared to move among the stars. They called these objects "planets," meaning wanderers, and named them after Roman deities—Jupiter, king of the gods; Mars, the god of war; Mercury, messenger of the gods; Venus, the goddes of love and beauty, and Saturn, father of Jupiter and god of agriculture. The stargazers also observed comets with sparkling tails, and meteors or shooting stars apparently falling from the sky. Since the invention of the telescope, three more planets have been discovered in our solar system: Uranus (1781), Neptune (1846), and, now downgraded to a dwarf planet, Pluto (1930). The four planets closest to the sun—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—are called the terrestrial planets because they have solid rocky surfaces. Nearly every planet—and some of the moons—has an atmosphere. Moons, Rings, and Magnetospheres
SVS Animation 4000 - Moon Phase and Libration, 2013 Dial-A-Moon The animation archived on this page shows the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2013, at hourly intervals. Until the end of 2013, the initial Dial-A-Moon image will be the frame from this animation for the current hour. More in this series: 2014 | 2014 South | 2013 South | 2012 | 2011 The jagged, cratered, airless lunar terrain casts sharp shadows that clearly outline the Moon's surface features for observers on Earth. The Moon always keeps the same face to us, but not exactly the same face. The word comes from the Latin for "balance scale" (as does the name of the zodiac constellation Libra) and refers to the way such a scale tips up and down on alternating sides. The Moon is subject to other motions as well. The most noticed monthly variation in the Moon's appearance is the cycle of phases, caused by the changing angle of the Sun as the Moon orbits the Earth.
Naître dans l'espace ? Impossible ! A ceux qui se posent la question : non, il n'est pas envisageable de naître depuis l'espace. Vsauce a pris le temps de nous en détailler les raisons. Cela semble difficile à croire, mais il semblerait qu’on ne puisse pas marcher, évoluer, et par extension, copuler, si simplement, une fois dans l’espace -la partie de l’univers hein, pas le monospace, là, c’est déjà autre chose-. Vsauce nous le confirme, et en profite pour expliquer pourquoi il serait pratiquement impossible de donner la vie dans l’espace. Né au-delà des atmosphères, un bébé aurait énormément de mal à développer son équilibre, de même qu’il serait en proie à de très sérieux problèmes de vue, de discernment, mais aussi de gestion des espaces et des mouvements. Evoluer dans un utérus alors que l’on est dans l’espace reviendrait même à ouvrir la porte à de futurs problèmes de production du sang, de colonne vertébrale, d’ossature et de coeur. Remarquez, l’humain est conditionné pour évoluer sur terre, et pas dans l’espace.
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