Space,+Hubble+and+Vincent+Van+Gogh

=Space, Hubble and Vincent Van Gogh.=

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Students are introduced to nebulae through the extraordinary images captured by the Hubble Telescope, in interstellar space. They discover how astronomers use filters to highlight aspects of nebulae invisible to the human eye, then unravel the workings of the telescope itself by making a model and discover where to spot the constellation of Orion and the hazy nebula whizzing quietly, just below his belt.
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Using media descriptions of the stunning Hubble image of Monocerotis, they discover similarities in Vincent van Gogh's famous painting of a whirling, swirling "//Starry Night"//. Along the way they learn a little about Van Gogh and his painting technique.


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= = =Explore Nebulae [|here:]=


 * [[image:hubble17.jpg width="229" height="185"]] || ==Journey ...==

of the [|Black Hole].
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 * [[image:hubble_7.jpg width="230" height="186"]] || ==The end of the Milky Way...==

Watch a [|cosmic collision]:
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 * [[image:hubble_14.jpg width="236" height="248"]] || ==View a gallery...==

Planets, stars, nebulae and galaxies
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 * [[image:hubble16.jpg width="238" height="225"]] || ==Look at Hubble pictures...==

...through an [|astronomer's eyes].
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 * [[image:hubble_11.jpg width="245" height="230"]] || ==Behind the Pictures...==

Learn how [|Hubble photography] works.
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 * [[image:hubble_12.jpg width="247" height="172"]] || ==Nuts and Bolts...==

What makes the [|Hubble telescope] tick?
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 * [[image:hubble8.jpg width="243" height="188"]] || ==Uncover the mystery...==

[|Dark Energy].
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 * [[image:P1090889-2.JPG width="236" height="166"]] || ==The Hubble telescope...==

[|Build a scale model]
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=Jigsaw together....= = =

A Very Famous //Starry Night//, by Vincent Van Gogh, 1888
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//Vincent Van Gogh how did you paint the Starry Night with stars as bright as the light from the heavens above, that stand out like white diamonds shining in a black mine and those cypress trees that look like velvet flames rising to the clouds?//

by Christopher F.

from Christopher's **[|Van Gogh project]** || = = = = =__Vincent van Gogh__=

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[|Gallery of his paintings]
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 * [[image:vangogh_sketch.jpg width="146" height="167"]] || ==[|How Vincent van Gogh made his mark.]==

and let's you try his style with an online pen.
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