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3. Canisius College, Buffalo Fred Watson, AAO April 2005 (With thanks to Dr A. Weston for facilitating the course) Canisius College, Buffalo Fred Watson, AAO April 2005 (With thanks to Dr A. Weston for facilitating the course)

4. Folklore of the Sky Big telescopes for a small world In the face of the Sun – planets and transits Forging the elements – the Sun and stars James Gregory – Scotland’s Isaac Newton Industrial strength cosmology Cosmic illusions RAVEing mad – dissecting our Galaxy Astronomers behaving badly Tomorrow’s Universe

5. A new view of the Universe I Fred Watson, AAO April 2005 A new view of the Universe I Fred Watson, AAO April 2005

7. THIS COURSE IS RATED MA IT CONTAINS : low-level jargon textual references occasional course language explicit diagrams bare facts FOR MODERATELY ATTENTIVE AUDIENCES

8. The night sky

9. Madagascar from the Space Shuttle

17. ?

24. Well, how about that? A new planet!

27. The sky-watchers

28. Megalithic astronomy

29. Ancient Egypt

31. The modern era…

32. Very Large Telescope The Stonehenge of 2005—bringing in today’s folklore