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    The constellation is easy to find in the sky because it is located near the centre of the Milky Way. It contains a number of notable stars and deep sky objects, which makes it easier to find. The three main stars it contains are Antares, Shaula, and In Greek mythology, the constellation Scorpius was identified with the scorpion that killed Orion, the mythical hunter. The two constellations lie opposite each other in the sky, and Orion is said to be fleeing from the scorpion as it sets just as…

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    STATE OF NEW JERSEY DRUG INFLUENCE EVALUATION DRUG INFLUENCE EVALUATION Page 1 of 3 Pages ARRESTEE’S NAME: Singletary, Mike Evaluator: Hinman, Charles E Deptford Twp. Police Dept. #5244 Arresting Officer: Hinman, Charles E Deptford Twp. Police Dept. #5244 1. Location: The evaluation took place at the Well of Hope Drop in Center, 207 Broadway…

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    pictures of the sky to look for comets, they noticed something strange about some of the comets they found. Because it was the nineth comet they found, they named it Shoemaker-Levy 9, or SL9. As they looked closer, they realized that the comet was near Jupiter. Doing some research on SL9, they discovered it has been orbiting the sun for billions of years. On July 7,1992, the coment made contact with Jupiter’s tides and tore it apart. The astronomers were astonished with the calculations into the…

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    DBQ .Using the documents, analyze the actions and reactions of people in the Middle East to restrictions placed on the rights and freedoms of women? 2. Identify an additional type of document and explain how it would be helpful in assessing the people’s actions and reactions A recent survey posted in the In Afghanistan show that 30% of muslims say that women should not have the choice to wear a veil. This is one of the many countries in the Middle East that are very conservative when it…

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    Literature I. Introduction- History of Ganymede Ganymede is the largest moon of Jupiter and in the entire Solar System. Ganymede is also the only moon to have a magnetosphere, which according to NOAA is the region of space surrounding an astronomical object in which charged particles are controlled by that object's magnetic field. Ganymede was discovered on January 7th, 1610 by Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer that played a huge role in the scientific revolution during the…

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    Seyfert Galaxies

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    size of the object could be no larger than a light-month in diameter (Finkbeiner 1992). The popularity of radio astronomy in the 1950s unveiled yet more astronomical puzzles. One of the first enigmas was the radio galaxy. While unassuming at optical wavelengths, these bodies, which consisted of a pair of extended radio lobes on either side of an elliptical galaxy, proved to be quite interesting in the radio band. Then in the 1960s, radio sources were found to be associated with objects assumed…

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    demonstrate that the moon moved around the Earth in a orbit. In…

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    Gnaritus Research Paper

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    Gnaritus!” Pars announced to thunderous applause in the main cabin. “It will be useful to understand more about Gnaritus’ three suns for your daily lives. So, let me begin by summarizing the background information that we have already gone over near the beginning of this lecture series. The three suns of this solar system are stars, which contain mainly hydrogen gasses with a lesser amount of helium. Due to the intense force of gravity, the proximity of the hydrogen atoms in the center of…

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    Ngc 584 Research Paper

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    Cetus. In an 18 inch telescope it appears as an elongated patch of light with a bright center. The two bright galaxies either side of NGC 584 are the 13.2 magnitude NGC 582; (left) and the 15.2 magnitude PGC 1028168. (Right). While NGC 582 was an easy object in the 18 inch, the PGC galaxy was not seen with certainty. A galaxy is, by definition, any large collection of stars that can be recognized as a distinct physical entity. In terms of the number of stars, a small 'dwarf irregular'…

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    Gitanjali Tagore Analysis

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    describe the importance of the ecological substance similarly many eco-critics encourages to the humans to realise their connection to Mother Earth and advised them to maintain their interaction with her. In fact Tagore was the great devotee of nature, he considered the nature as his mother, and he urges that humans should create the holy bond to the Earth he says that God cannot be found through prayer in closed space. He says God is Omnipresent, Omniscient, and Omnipotent. He urges that God is…

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