UNITS OF STUDY
Historic Astronomy:
How do we know what we know today?
Earth Motions:
How did astronomers prove that the Earth was a planet and not the
center of the universe?
Solar System:
What objects are in the Solar System, and what do we know about each of
them?
The Stars
in Our Galaxy:
What kinds of stars
are found in our own galaxy and those beyond?
How do they live and die?
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Welcome
to
the
Introductory
Course
on
Astronomy
at
Monroe Community College!

Fall Semester 2013
Section 001 - MWF 9:00 AM -
9:50 AM 11-309
Section 181 - Wed. 6:30 PM-9:20 PM Room 11-309
Section 002 - MWF 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Room 11-302
Timothy McDonnell
Instructor
Voice Mail: 292-2398
Email: tmcdonnell@monroecc.edu
Office Hours - MWF 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Or by appointment!
Room 11-307
Click on one of the links below to
find out more about
Introduction to Astronomy:
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Galaxies:
How large and how far away are these masses of stars?
What does that tell us about how the universe began?
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Life
on
Other
Worlds:
Is it possible that life exists
elsewhere in the universe? How about right here in our own Solar
System?
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