When we look down on the Earth from an aircraft, we are observing the surface of the planet using visible light in a qualitative way - which means that we are simply sensing (seeing) rather than measuring the amount of light reflected. By using instrumentation, we can extract much more meaning from our observations by … Continue reading Using the EMS to Observe Earth
Online Astronomy Resources
There are many great resources available online to support your learning in the astronomy module of the course. In this post, which I'll update as we go along, I'm going to list a few of my personal favourites, some of which link directly to the required course content but others are included as a way … Continue reading Online Astronomy Resources
Mr Tarrant's physbang 'blog 