Observational astronomy

Islamic Astronomy Our century is currently the most advanced time period in history because we are so advanced in math, technology, astronomy, etc. The more we learn, the more advanced we are. Now think about the civilizations before us, they have made some discoveries that may seem dull to us, but they are actually extremely important. Without the little discoveries of astronomy, would we even have any idea of the solar system today? Ancient Muslims made important improvement to astronomy…

He discovered many breakthroughs of astronomy like finding out the moon was a sphere and supported copernicium's theory against heliocentrism (The earth is in the middle of the universe). In 1612, he published his research in a book called "Discourse on Bodies in Water", again supporting another…

learned grammar and mathematics, but he liked to build mechanical toys. 1574, was the year Galileo and his family moved to Florence, Italy and he had to go to school for the first time. He learned about Religion, Latin, Mathematics, Physics, and Astronomy (Goldsmith,2001).…

Galileo Galilei created the telescope, used persistence to innovate ways to overcome the church (that was against him and didn’t want him to study space) and continue with improving the telescope and making a major breakthrough on studies of space. Galilei is extremely famous for improving the telescope. Most people think he invented the telescope, but he actually learned about a telescope created by Dutch eyeglass makers and fixed it up and made his own, better version. Sailors learned about…

Influential in Space in 2012. She is currently a professor of planetary science and physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received her B.Sc. degree in mathematics and physics for the University of Toronto in 1994, and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University in 1999. It was during her graduate studies that the research field of exoplanets began expanding and Seager began researching the atmospheres of exoplanets under her Ph.D. mentor. Since then. She has received a number of…

Who knew, that our stars string together to form the most unique, odd, and compelling shapes and figures. You, probably have heard of the Big dipper, Little Dipper, Ursa Minor, Ursa Major, and Orion. These are the most well known and popular constellations and asterisms. An asterism is a group of stars that is not a constellation, but is well known by many astronomers. The history of how constellations came to be is amazing. Things including people, the discovery, why they were used, and how…

In this lab, the objective is to research astronomical devices through the provided respective links. After choosing one of the devices used to study Astronomy, the researcher must then begin to delve into information about the device and its current location and providers. Through research an understanding is gained, and the researcher is able to better comprehend the capabilities of their decided to device. Once this step is achieved, it is next part of the process to review images produce by…

Astrology includes several areas of foresight which are based on the principle that there is a relationship between astronomical occurrence and events around the world. Astrology is generally compatible with Islam as it deals with the relative influence of the sun and moon on earth and studying personality traits. However there are a few aspects in astrology that do not reconcile with Islamic teachings such as the influence of the heavenly bodies on humans and prediction of future events.…

Maria became interested in astronomy and went to go work and study with Christopher Arnold, an excellent Astronomer (biography: Married Gottfried Kirch). Arnold was a self-taught astronomer, and observed a comet in the year of 1683. Through Arnold, Maria met Gottfried Kirch who was one of the most important astronomers in Germany. He was most known for his calendars that he made…

During the Scientific Revolution, new discoveries in astronomy sparked the interest of scientists leading to further development to future ideas. Before the 1500s, civilization had concluded that the theory of a geocentric system, originally proposed by Claudius Ptolemy in 140 AD, was accurate. The Geocentric Theory is the belief that Earth is the center of the Universe and everything revolves around it (chuckfarlieAUS). Although in the 16th and 17th century, there was a rapid succession of new…