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1.1 Physical Features of Earth
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1.2 Point’s on the Earth’s Surface
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1.3 Naked Eye Observation
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2.1 The Moon’s Surface
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2.2 Lunar Motion
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3.1 Tides and Precession
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3.2 Eclipses
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3.3 Ancient Size Measurements
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4.1 Sidereal and Synodic Time
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4.2 Lunar Phases and Months
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4.3 Sundials and Shadow Sticks
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4.4 Longitude and Time Zones
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5.1 Planetary Positions
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5.2 The Ecliptic
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6.1 The Night Sky
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6.2 Celestial Sphere and Coordinate Systems
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6.3 Motion of the Sky
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7.1 Archaeoastronomy
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7.2 Models of the Solar System
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8.1 Kepler’s Laws
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8.2 Universal Gravitation
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9.1 Structure and Formation of the Moon
Difference between the earth and ...,
Giant impact hypothesis 2,
Capture theory 3
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9.2 The Far Side
Moon s near side 1,
Moon s far side 2,
Why does the near side have more ...
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10.1 Observing the Sun
Methods to observe the sun with a...,
How to do telescopic projection 2,
H alpha filter 3
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10.2 The Solar Interior
Solar layers in order of location...,
Solar layers in order of temperat...,
Solar core 3
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10.3 The Solar Atmosphere
Corona temperature 1,
Chromosphere temperature 2,
Solar atmosphere in order of dens...
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11.1 Solar System Objects
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11.2 Optical Telescopes
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11.3 Space Probes
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12.1 Formation of Planetary Systems
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12.2 Exoplanets
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12.3 Extraterrestrial Life
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13.1 Stellar Magnitudes
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13.2 Spectroscopy
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13.3 Calculating Stellar Distances
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13.4 Alternate Wavelength Observation
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14.1 Nebulae
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14.2 Low-mass Stellar Evolution
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14.3 High-mass Stellar Evolution
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15.1 The Milky Way
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15.2 Groups and Classifications
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15.3 Active Galaxies
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16.1 Redshift
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16.2 Hubble’s Law
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16.3 Universe Evolution
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Astronomy Equations
Circumference of earth calculation 1,
Diameter of moon calculation 2,
Longitude calculation 3
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