Astronomical seeing

Over five hundred years ago, cleric Diego de Landa approached an abandoned society lost in the jungles of Central America. His findings led him to make assumptions of these people he marked as savages. De Landa denounced these people as “idolatry, divorce, sacrificial, and slave traders” (qtd. in Gibson 13). Nearly three centuries after de Landa’s account, the U.S explorer John Lloyd Stephens noted his discovery of an altar among the ruins of a Central American city called Copán, with the…

Planets and moons within the solar system are different in terms of composition, geologic activity, interior structure, magnetic field, and atmospheres. We can deduce each of these properties through routine astronomical observations, spectroscopic/remote observations, laws of physics, solar system modeling as well as direct sampling. Given that many economists and government officials object to using our resources to visit other objects physically, by studying our solar system we will continue…

Magical and Muggle telescope may look alike but they are quite different in use. 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…

The orbit of Jupiter is elliptical instead of circular, like that of any other planet. At its closest approach, Jupiter comes within about 4.95 astronomical units of the Sun. As we already know, an astronomical unit (AU) is the average distance from the Earth to the Sun. At its most distant point, Jupiter is approximately 5.46 AU from the Sun. Jupiter’s semi-major axis, which is an average from the farthest distance from the sun and the closest distance from the sun, is about 5.2 AU. Jupiter is…

as his achievements are in fields so varied and so far-reaching that the only description of him that fits is ‘polymath’. Indeed, we are only learning of some achievements today, as his reticence to publish many of his works kept many of them from seeing the light of day for quite some time (Igorevich). He was born in the cold April of 1626 in The Hague, located it what is now the Netherlands, to an influential Dutch family. He was the families’ third and penultimate child, as his mother passed…

Whenever a person joins the military they are putting their life on the line for their country and our safety. The toll that war takes on a person is astronomical. These people who are away at war are being mentally and physically toughened, whether it’s seeing people being killed or them doing the killing, it is helping their ability to come back home and be self-disciplined. Being able to protect their homeland is a reason why they may have gone into…

The clothing that was worn by the upper class farmers of the Revolution era were incredibly intricate and fancy even in the standards of today. To no surprise these the outfits that were required to be worn by women were beyond simple modesty. The fact that even in the 1700’s women’s clothing was still more: complicated, convoluted, and held to a higher standard than the male counterpart is still something seen today in modern clothing, showing that while there may have been infinitesimal…

One major area is the heath and well being of their children. In 2010 Michelle Obama passed the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, in attempt to stop obesity and hunger in kids across America(). Fast forward to 2015 the plan has had five years to start seeing change, it seems to be going backwards and making things worse. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act is a legislation that was passed in 2010. It authorizes funding and sets a policy for USDA 's core child nutrition programs, like school lunches…

inception during Richard Nixon’s presidency; one trillion dollars that the general populace has, in large part, had to pay out of its own pocket (“Wasted Tax…”). America’s spending on this war on drugs has gotten out of hand, and the taxpayers are seeing little in the way of results. In fact, the crime rate has only gone up in relation to drug offenses. This startling trend isn’t showing any signs of stopping either. The entire thing is a joke at this point, because the war on drugs in America…

What is harmless but can kill you? Elusive yet prominent. This is time, controls all things, and is the most powerful thing in existence. This is why Octavio Paz decides to write about time and some of the things that occur through time. Two of his poems titled The Street and Between Coming and Going dive into time and some of its countless effects on people. The Street is a poem centered on the past. The past follows you, but you still can not see it. The past lingers with good memories or bad…