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Introduction to Astronomy: Crash Course Astronomy #1

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Welcome to the first episode of Crash Course Astronomy. Your host for this intergalactic adventure is the Bad Astronomer himself, Phil Plait. We begin with answering a question: "What is astronomy?"

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Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
What is Astronomy? 3:00
Who Studies Astronomy? 3:50
Origins of Astronomy 5:27
Astrology vs Astronomy 6:19
Geocentrism 7:51
Revolutions in Astronomy 8:58
Astronomy Today 10:26
Review 11:29

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Photos:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w....iki/File:Earth_cutaw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E....arth%27s_magnetic_fi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G....eomagnetic_storm#med
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S....aturn#mediaviewer/Fi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2....43_Ida#mediaviewer/F
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w....iki/File:Comet_Hale_
http://solarviews.com/raw/comet/kuiper3.jpg
http://solarviews.com/cap/comet/kuiper3.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L....ist_of_nearest_brigh
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad...._astronomy/2013/06/2
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad...._astronomy/2013/06/0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B....lack_hole#mediaviewe
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w....iki/File:Messier_69_
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad...._astronomy/2013/06/2
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi....kipedia/commons/0/0f
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad...._astronomy/2013/03/2
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimag....es/Images/2007/02/Tr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A....ndromeda_Galaxy#medi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T....riangulum_Galaxy#med
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H....ubble_Space_Telescop
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad...._astronomy/2013/12/2
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad...._astronomy/2012/12/2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N....icolaus_Copernicus#m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T....ycho_Brahe#mediaview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J....ohannes_Kepler#media
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I....saac_Newton#mediavie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G....alileo_Galilei#media
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad...._astronomy/2012/09/2

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