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	Bad Astronomy: Explanations
		Bad: The first bit of actual evidence brought up is the lack of stars in the pictures taken by the Apollo astronauts from the surface of the Moon.
		Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket.
		Bad: A big staple of the HBs is the claim that radiation in the van Allen Belts and in deep space would have killed the astronauts in minutes.
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	Bad Education (2004): Reviews
		Bad Education is a voluptuous experience that invites you to gorge on its beauty and vitality, although it has perhaps the darkest ending of any of the films by the Spanish writer and director.
		To watch Bad Education is to revel, along with Almodovar, in the power of cinema to take us on journeys of breathtaking mystery and dimension and beauty.
		Bad Education, in this light, is Almodovar's "8-1/2" or "Day for Night," a lens through which all of his movies appear as a seamless whole.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/badeducation (1534 words)

	Young Universe, Old Stars? - ChristianAnswers.Net
		However, what the astronomer receives is also a particular, very specific pattern of variation within the light, showing him/her the changes that one would expect to accompany such an explosion -- a predictable sequence of events involving neutrinos, visible light, X-rays and gamma-rays.
		The astronomer is perfectly justified in interpreting this "message" as representing an actual reality -- that there really was such an object, which exploded according to the laws of physics, brightened, emitted X-rays, dimmed, and so on, all in accord with those same physical laws.
		Astronomers use many different methods to measure the distances, and no informed creationist astronomer would claim that any errors would be so vast that billions of light-years could be reduced to thousands, for example.
	www.christiananswers.net /q-aig/aig-c005.html (2620 words)

	59th Annual Conference on World Affairs - Participants
		By day, Phil Plait is an astronomer at Sonoma State University in California, creating education materials based on the science of several NASA satellites.
		But by night and sometimes by day, Plait, known as “The Bad Astronomer,” uses humor and critical thinking to rid the world and the human brain of astronomical myths and misconceptions.
		He is the sole proprietor of the www.badastronomy.com, which was launched in the 1990s with a couple of astronomical rants and has now taken over his life like a flesh-eating bacterium.
	www.colorado.edu /cwa/bios.html?id=411&year=2003 (186 words)

	Cornell News: Planet Harch
		ITHACA, N.Y. -- A Cornell University astronomer who helped save a $150 million space mission last December was rewarded at a surprise party this afternoon with a truly heavenly gift: A minor planet named in her honor.
		You guys are bad!" said Harch after she was told the news at the party at Cornell's Space Sciences Building.
		Donald Yeomans, an astronomer with the JPL, nominated Harch for her expertise in designing spacecraft camera sequencing and pointing commands -- giving researchers the ability to take pictures of asteroids during spacecraft flybys.
	www.news.cornell.edu /releases/April99/PlanetHarch.bpf.html (591 words)

	THE ARRIVAL
		A radio astronomer receives an outer space signal that leads him on an adventure of intrigue and paranoia.
		Some bad guys place scorpions in Greene's room and there is a prolonged sequence where she comes ever so close to contact with them, and then walks away into another room, where once again, they're very close.
		The bad guys plant some scorpions in Greene's room which eventually get her.
	www.screenit.com /movies/1996/the_arrival.html (815 words)

	Astronomy People : Starshine.com
		Kepler, in 1600, became the assistant to the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe in the latter's observatory near Prague.
		He was made Astronomer Royal in 1720 (-1742), and began an 18-year study of the complete revolution of the moon through its ascending and descending nodes.
		A German born U.S. astronomer, educated at the University of Göttingen, whose studies of stars in the Andromeda galaxy led him, in the 1950's, to double the common estimate of the size and age of the universe.
	www.starshine.com /frankn/astronomy/people.asp (4469 words)

	Science Jokes:2. PHYSICS : 2.14 ASTRONOMY
		Astronomers will still be permitted to attend academic gatherings, but they must defer to official scientists in lectures, workshops, and buffet lines.
		The astronomer said that after reading widely in the field of religion, he had concluded that all religion could be summed up in a single phrase.
		The astronomers were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of nebulae danced in their heads.
	www.xs4all.nl /~jcdverha/scijokes/2_14.html (14089 words)

	CSICOP Conference: Hoaxes, Myths & Manias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Phil Plait is an astronomer and educator at Sonoma State University, where he develops educational materials based on NASA space science.
		He is better known as "The Bad Astronomer", debunking myths, misconceptions, and misuses of astronomy.
		His Bad Astronomy website is one of the most popular astronomy sites on the web.
	www.csicop.org /events/conference-2003/philip_plait.html (219 words)

	Telescopes - Bad Gift Idea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		An astronomical telescope's main priority is to detect light.
		Developed by an ancient Greek Astronomer by the name of Hipparchus, this magnitude system works in the opposite direction as well.
		So, as you set off to explore the universe, my hope is that by providing you with some insight and some essential information, you'll have an even more enjoyable experience.
	members.aol.com /thestarman/badgift.html (2230 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing Hoax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Phil Plait is an astronomer who got fed up with the misconceptions surrounding his subject, and he has set out to rectify the situation.
		Even if you are not into astronomy, this book is one that will make you laugh at some of the tall tales you were told in your youth regarding the planets, the moon and the stars.
		The added bonus is these fun facts are written by an intelligent 'astronomer, teacher, lecturer and all-around science junkie' who works in the physics and astronomy department at Sonoma State University.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0471409766 (844 words)

	Ophiuchus zodiac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One tidbit of "astronomical" information that most people seem to know is their "sun sign." But few people know what it means.
		Astronomers finally settled this nagging problem about 60 years ago when the international Astronomical Union said these are the official constellation boundaries, and published a set of specifications that reads like a surveyor's plot of irregular parcels of land.
		The "thirteenth constellation" of the zodiac is Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer, and the sun is in front of its stars during the first half of December.
	www.griffithobs.org /SkyOphiuchus.html (1153 words)

	BAD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bad science Bad science This purpose of this Internet resource, developed for secondary school students and their teachers, is to sensitize teachers and students to examples of scientific concepts that are commonly mistaught in schools,...
		Bad Meteorology Bad Meteorology This page addresses some common misperceptions in the field of meteorology that are often perpetuated by educators.
		Bad Human Factors Designs: A Scrapbook of Illustrated Examples of Things That Are Hard to Use Because They Do Not Follow Human Factors Principles Bad Human Factors Designs: A Scrapbook of Illustrated Examples of Things That Are Hard to Use...
	www.translationinfo.net /db/BAD (1168 words)

	ASP: Egg Balancing at the Equinox: Good or Bad Astronomy?
		In this issue, Phil Plait, an astronomer who has written a whole book on persistent and prevalent misconceptions and mangling of astronomy takes on this astronomical connection to egg balancing.
		Bad Reader Angela Alexander tells me that the egg myth is also around in Australia, although she admits she may have heard it on the web (which means it could have originated anywhere).
		What I love about this example of Bad Astronomy is that you need not take my word on it.
	www.astrosociety.org /education/publications/tnl/62/equinox.html (916 words)

	Wiley::Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"
		In Bad Astronomy, Plait clears up misconceptions and malarkey relating to our Earth, moon, and the wider Universe.
		Ranging from commonly misunderstood notions such as why the sky is blue and the reason we have seasons, to large-scale shenanigans such as the so-called moon landing hoax and UFO sightings, Bad Astronomy wipes the stardust from readers' eyes to reveal just how the Universe works.
		Bad Astronomy is the first volume in Wiley's "Bad Science" series; forthcoming titles will look at common misconceptions related to biology, weather, and the Earth.
	www.wiley.com /WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-047142207X,subjectCd-PH00.html (317 words)

	Phil Plait
		Even though I have been a professional astronomer for twenty years now, I still really enjoy going out under the stars and observing with smaller telescopes.
		I was a research astronomer for about ten years.
		The bad astronomy that irritates me the most is the pseudoscientific kind.
	www.imagiverse.org /interviews/philplait/phil_plait_10_03_04.htm (2372 words)

	Debunking the Moon Hoax
		A good reference on the "moon hoax" is the "Bad Astronomy" website hosted by astronomer Phil Plait, www.badastronomy.com/.
		Astronomers refer to angular size in "arcseconds." There are 3600 arcseconds in a degree.
		The Hubble telescope is not programmed to correct for that motion, and any pictures of the moon are blurred a bit because astronomers have to make a guess as to how to tell the telescope to move while taking a picture.
	www.ucolick.org /~robin/moonhoax.html (566 words)

	BBC NEWS \| In Depth \| Leicester 2002 \| Privateers to push space frontier
		England's Astronomer Royal, Professor Sir Martin Rees, used an address to the British Association's science festival in Leicester to speculate on the future colonisation of other worlds.
		He said the space tourists Dennis Tito and Mark Shuttleworth showed there were plenty of people prepared to pay to go into orbit and if the technology became available at a reasonable price, he said it was more than likely that explorers and adventurers would want to reach out into the Solar System.
		And if missions did take this route, the astronomer said, the Solar System could rapidly resemble the Wild West, where early pioneers staked out new territories across America.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2002/leicester_2002/2251598.stm (391 words)

	The Amaz!ng Meeting 2004 - Electric Monk - Dr. Phil Plait - More Amaz!ng Astronomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bad Astronomer returned to The Amaz!ng Meeting, having given the most popular talk last year on Planet X.
		The first skeptical subject was one involving The Bad Astronomer personally.
		After taking a shower, he noticed a pattern of water spots on the shower curtain which strongly resembled a face, much more so, in fact than most of the other supposed faces which were seen where they would not otherwise be expected.
	members.cox.net /electric_monk/TAM2004/TAM2-Plait.shtml (557 words)

	John Goodricke
		At this time this was a sensation, because the invariability of the sphere of fixstars was a strongly believed theorem.
		Nearly three quarters of a century later the Italian astronomer Geminiano Montanari (1633-1687) wrote down in 1670 that the second brightest star in the constellation of Perseus is changing its brightness.
		The nature of the Algol system were discovered through the spectroscopic analization of Algol's light applying the Doppler effect, postulated by Christian Andreas Doppler (1803-1853).
	www.surveyor.in-berlin.de /himmel/Bios/Goodricke-e.html (1502 words)

	Search: Astronomer - Info.co.uk
		A magazine for the advanced amateur and our aim is to publish all observations of astronomical interest as soon as possible after they are made.
		Bad Astronomy Bad Astronomy The Bad Astronomy pages are devoted to dispelling myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related disciplines.
		Astronomer provides current and interactive information for Chicago area amateur astronomers via email, website and forum.
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	Adventure Science Center \| Astronomy Day 2002: Moon Madness! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Another highlight of Moon Madness on Astronomy Day will be the appearance of the Bad Astronomer, Dr. Phil Plait, of Sonoma State University in California.
		He's not really a bad astronomer, but he is dedicated to clearing up popular misconceptions about astronomy.
		Astronomy Day is a collaboration between numerous organizations: the Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society, Vanderbilt University's Dyer Observatory, the Warner Park Nature Center, Johnson Space Center, and others.
	www.adventuresci.com /media/2002/2002_0329astroday.shtml (703 words)

	Light Pollution: The Bane of Astronomer Amateur and Professional
		To an astronomer, Light Pollution is analogous to having a sewage treatment plant located in the middle of a residential neighborhood.
		Astronomers represent such a minuscule group of people that it is hard to imagine a decrease in light pollution.
		The ad showed a father pointing out constellations to his son on a camping trip (the astronomical accuracy of this ad was poor, the guy was pointing to the Big Dipper and Orion in the SAME direction!).
	www.rocketroberts.com /astro/litepol.htm (11438 words)

	The Amaz!ng Meeting 2003 - Electric Monk - Buehler Planetarium and Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bad Astronomer spent some time going back and forth between these scopes, spending particular time on the one trained on Jupiter, where he pointed out that there were two moons (Titan and Io) crossing the face of Jupiter.
		On the way, the Bad Astronomer and Girl 6 remarked that they were starving, so we went off in search of nourishment.
		Girl 6 did not reveal the contents of her plain paper bag, but Phil Plait's selection was a bagel (reported, by him, to be of high quality), and two apples.
	members.cox.net /electric_monk/TAM2003/TAM0131-02.shtml (1020 words)

	Amazon.com: Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax": Books: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The work describes 24 common astronomical fallacies, including the beliefs that the Coriolis effect determines the direction that water drains in a bathtub and that planetary alignments can cause disaster on Earth.
		Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" by Philip C. Plait
		Bad Astronomy is lightly illustrated with a mix of schematic drawings (to illustrate for example, tides or the moon size illusion) and fl and white photographs.
	www.amazon.com /Bad-Astronomy-Misconceptions-Revealed-Astrology/dp/0471409766 (2749 words)

	Explosions good and bad - Tech_Space - USATODAY.com
		Bad explosion: Whatever's happening on my Net connection.
		Astronomer and occasional Tech_Space visitor Phil Plait has an absolutely wonderful story about the discovery the other day of a new supernova, and how amateur and professional astronomers worked together to nail it down.
		Come to think of it, the drink should be a source of calcium and iron, since all the Ca and Fe in the Universe was created in supernova explosions.
	blogs.usatoday.com /techspace/2006/09/explosions_good.html (286 words)

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		Nicknamed "The Bad Astonomer," one of his missions is to clear up misconceptions about astronomy which he does through his website, badastronomy.com.
		Astronomer Phil Plait returned to the show to discuss such recent missions as the Cassini Probe at Saturn and the Mars Rovers, as well as to debunk what he considers to be "pseudoscience" and hoaxes.
		A debate was held on Tuesday night with astronomer Phil Plait (badastronomy.com) and alien contactee Nancy Lieder (zetatalk.com).
	www.coasttocoastam.com /guests/120.html (829 words)

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