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Unit 11 · Earth and Universe

Galaxy Presentation

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Science and Technology, Class 8. Earth and Universe

The Galaxy

A group of crores of stars · Our home: the Milky Way · A black hole at the centre

The Naked Eye and the Telescope

👁️With the naked eye
One small point of light
Every star looks the same
No shape can be made out
VS
🔭Through a telescope
A whole group of crores of stars
Clouds of gas and dust as well
A spiral or an oval shape

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Presenter notes: Ask the class how many stars they have seen on a clear night. Tell them that today they will learn that some of those points are not single stars at all, but whole groups of crores of stars.