Amateur astronomy

What is beauty? According to Lexi Herrick, ‘’Beauty is happiness”(Herrick). People experience Beauty in many ways, some see it in new places, animals, the planets, and at times even themselves. The sun, moon, the heart, paris, and horses all have their own beauty, all in their own ways. The sun is one of the largest and most beautiful stars, but it is not the largest (sun facts). Our sun is classified as a dwarf star, and the biggest star is called Red Giants(sun facts) although the sun is not…

Shifting its weight from side to side, the sugar-covered Northern gannet holds its short wings aloft, preparing to jump from a rugged boulder. After a careful scope of the diamond-crusted sea below, the white adventurer tenses before leaping from the mossy cliff. Briefly the gannet plunges--flapping its wings determinately until the stiff breeze lifts its stout form above the salty ocean spray. Swiftly rising through the clear air, the Northern gannet angles its broad, unmoving wings like a…

The most prominent motif in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is the motif of light and dark. In this famous tragedy, beauty is often associated with light. Before Romeo meets Juliet his world is described as dark, gloomy and depressed, after he meets her, however, it is evident that Juliet brings him light. Essentially, Juliet is the healer of Romeo’s depression. The motif of light and dark in the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is shown to change over the course of five acts. The beginning of…

In All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury uses descriptive language and symbolism to represent the sun and its connection to the children's happiness. The sun makes the children excited, and happy when they hear that the sun is coming. The symbolism that he used is what shows That the rumor of the sun's arrival excites the children and makes them so happy. Ray Bradbury also uses The writing skill of descriptive language to describe and explain the children and different events in the story. He shows…

varies between stories), she was created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer, famously known for his The Hardy Boys detective series, and written by a variety of ghostwriters under the penname Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew 2015). Nancy Drew is a female, amateur detective who stumbles upon mysteries in the fictional town of River Heights where she lives with her father, noted lawyer Carson Drew. Though she occasionally receives help from her father and friends, she does most of her detective work…

I was torn with a choice of a sports movie that I have seen in past or movie that I have yet not seen. I decided to experiment and learn something new. Therefore I decided to do some research, by research I mean Netflix. I was determined to find a movie worth watching. I came across The Perfect Game. The title of this film seemed familiar but I yet had to see it. It appeared to have fair ratings so I decided to give it a shot. Religion, human desire for competition integrated throughout the…

Some may think that Muggle astronomy is identical to Magical astronomy, but without the Magical knowledge. However, the differences between the two are more subtle than that. For example, astrology - the study of how the happenings in outer space magically influence the happenings of people on Earth - is a major subfield of Magical astronomy. However, calling a Muggle astronomer’s field of study “astrology” will quickly result in one very angry Muggle. In addition, astronomy is a field in which…

a channel in mind. I was perfectly content watching what National Geographic had to offer: The Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey by Neil deGrasse Tyson. The show surpassed my expectations in every way. Previously I had only taken a passing interest in astronomy, such as during our occasional visits to the game reserve. I was always taken aback by the striking beauty of the night sky, but this was as far as it went. I never cared to understand exactly what I was looking at, or to identify any of the…

and effectively educate students on the physical and natural world. The restructuring of Introduction to Astronomy course at Kean University, founded upon the desire to improve the effectiveness of the learning and teaching experience , will ultimately aid the dissemination of general science education to non-science majors and students who are academically curious about majoring in Astronomy. Kean students…

education and insisted on giving her opportunities equal to that of a male. Her father, also an educator and scientist, was especially encouraging in Maria’s educational endeavors, making her a teaching assistant in his classes and teaching her astronomy using his telescope. After finishing school, she accepted a job in 1836 as the first librarian of the Nantucket Athenaeum, where she would work for 20 years (Mitchell 2003, ch 1).…