{"id":75598,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/science-astronomy"},"modified":"2017-08-18T07:02:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T07:02:43","slug":"science-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/science-astronomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n Access to the SkyWalker<\/i> website at: http:\/\/www.aip.de\/groups\/galaxies\/sw\/udf\/swudfV1.0.html<\/a>
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\n Note:&nbsp; There is no expectation that students have studied galaxies prior to completing this research project.<\/i>
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\n Phase I:&nbsp; Exploration
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\n Access the online Hubble Space Telescope Image at http:\/\/ <\/span>www.spacetelescope.org\/images\/heic0406a\/<\/a> you might be able to make it larger and smaller by \u201cleft clicking\u201d on the image with your mouse<\/i>.&nbsp; Most of these objects are galaxies far, far from Earth.&nbsp; However, a few objects are nearby stars, as indicated by \u201cfour points\u201d on the image, like shown at left.&nbsp;
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\n Some of the galaxies are orange-red in color, while others are white, and others are blue.&nbsp; What is the most common color of galaxy in the image?&nbsp; Precisely explain how you determined this<\/i>.
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\n If we assume that all of the galaxies in this image have the same diameter, the ones that are close appear larger and the ones that are more distant appear smaller.&nbsp; Are most of the galaxies in this image relatively near or relatively far?&nbsp; What is your evidence?
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\n Access the interactive Ultra Hubble Deep Field site through the the SkyWalker<\/i>website at: http:\/\/www.aip.de\/groups\/galaxies\/sw\/udf\/swudfV1.0.html
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\n The green circle in the top left hand corner is a sort of \u201cmagnifying glass\u201d that you can drag around that will let you look at close up portions of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.&nbsp; Note that the picture is about 8 green circles wide and 10 green circles tall, for a total of about 80 green circles over the whole image<\/i>.
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\n If a fellow student proposed a generalization that \u201cnearby galaxies are equally split between circular-round and elongated spiral shapes<\/b>,\u201d would you agree, disagree with the generalization based on the evidence you collected?&nbsp; Explain your reasoning and provide specific evidence either from the above tasks or from new evidence you yourself generate using the SkyWalker Web Site.<\/i>
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\n Phase III \u2013 What Conclusions Can You Draw From This Evidence?
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\n The Hubble Ultra Deep Field is one of most important images in astronomy because it shows some of the most distant galaxies in the Universe.&nbsp; What conclusions and generalizations can you make from the following data collected by a student by randomly positioning the green circle in an effort to determine WHAT IS THE GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF GALAXY COLORS?&nbsp; Explain your reasoning and provide the specific evidence you are using, with sketches or pie charts or graphs if necessary, to support your reasoning<\/i>.
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