Jason Kendall's Intro to Astronomy Course

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Module 1: Foundations of Observational Astronomy: The Moon, the Seasons, and Mapping the Sky.

07: I Got the Sun in the Mornin' and the Moon at Night...

Video References

• References for Module 1: Foundations of Observational Astronomy: The Moon, the Seasons, and Mapping the Sky.
  • Supplement the videos with "OpenStax Astronomy"
    • 1: Science and the Universe
    • 2: Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy
    • 4: Earth, Moon, and Sky
  • 07: I Got the Sun in the Mornin' and the Moon at Night...
    • Wherein we further discuss the nature of distances and sizes in astronomy, and its measurement just positions in the sky. Wherein we chat about how we know the relative sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon to the Earth.
    • Aristarchus of Samos
    • His methods...
    • Angular measures
    • Astronomical Unit
    • The song?