Astronomy Belt Loop

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Astronomy Cub Scouts Belt Loop December 1, 2009

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A presentation for our Cub Scout den for the astronomy belt loop.Some pretty pictures of parts of our universe.

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AstronomyCub Scouts Belt LoopDecember 1, 2009

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The typical sky at night:

What’s up there?

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Telescopes and Binoculars

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Planets near us: Our Solar System

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Asteroid with a moon!

The Biggest

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Asteroid with a moon!

Venus:Our hot neighbor

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Asteroid with a moon!

Mars:Where the robots are

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Our solar system with a Comet

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Galaxy: A group of Solar systems

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Two Galaxies Colliding!

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A big, bright galaxy meets A pretty, spiral galaxy

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Milky Way: our Galaxy!

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Galaxy with Red Stars

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A Red Giant Star with a White Dwarf Star

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Dwarfs are small stars

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White Dwarf loses it’s shell

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CometsIce or Rock

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Comet Hale-Bopp over mountains

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A Meteor in a meteor shower

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Asteroid with a moon!

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Asteroid with a moon!Black Holes would rip a star apart?

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Star Maps