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Astronomy: Our Place in Space

Our Place in Space is dedicated to the memory of Frederick P. Rose, whose vision and passion created a new place for people to explore the universe and our place in it.

The National Center would like to acknowledge the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for its programmatic support in creation of the print version of Our Place in Space.

The initial development of Astronomy: Our Place in Space was made possible by a generous grant from The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.

The development of OLogy has been made possible by a generous grant from The Louis Calder Foundation.

Science Content Team:

Neil Tyson, Ph.D. - Associate Astronomer and Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium
Steve Soter, Ph.D. - Content Specialist, Department of Astrophysics
Charles Liu, Ph.D. - Astrophysicist, Department of Astrophysics
Jenny Greene - Curriculum Specialist for Astronomy Education

Editorial and Production Team:

Caroline Nobel - Executive Producer
Tom Baione and Ellen Przybyla - Producer(s)
Tiffany Stahl - Production Coordinator
Ethan Davidson - Production Assistant
Jordan Brown, and Martin Schwabacher - Writer(s)
Patricia Abt - Art Director
Stephanie Fotiadis, Maximum Capacity, Inc., Carol Lawson - Graphic Designer(s)
Steve Gano - Technical Director
Matt Tarr - Technical Developer

Magazine Science Content Team:

Astronomy: Our Place in Space was created using content from the family activity magazine Our Place in Space

Magazine Editorial and Production Team:

Caroline Nobel - Executive Producer
Ellen Przybyla - Production Coordinator
Jordan Brown - Writer
Patricia Abt - Art Director
Cathy Sanchez Duvivier - Graphic Designer

Photo Credits:

Astronomy: Our Place in Space Homepage
Galaxy background: courtesy of N.A. Sharp, REV Program, AURA/NOAO/NSF

Astronomy is about more than stars
Spiral galaxy (M100, A Grand Design): courtesy of APOD and NASA Astronomy: courtesy of the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), Dr. Raghvendra Sahai (JPL), Dr. Arsen R. Hajian (USNO) and NASA Our Solar System: courtesy of Bill Arnett, Nine Planets Newborn stars in the Orion Nebula: courtesy of N.A. Sharp (REU Program) /AURA/NOAO/NSF Sun: courtesy of EIT Consortium/NSSDC and NASA, SOHO a large cluster of stars: courtesy of AURA/ESA/Goddard Space Flight Center, STScI and NASA, Hubble Space Telecope Hubble Space Telescope: courtesy of STScI/AURA and NASA Hubble Telescope view of deep space: courtesy of R. Williams, the HDF team (STScI) and NASA 13,000,000,000 years old: courtesy of Chris Van Dunsen, AMNH and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 1999 Eagle Nubula (a star nursery): courtesy of J. Hester and P. Scowen (Az. State University) and NASA Colliding Galaxies: courtesy of B. Whitmore (STScI, F. Schweizer (DTM) and NASA

The Journey Begins
Neil at 12 with Dad: courtesy of Neil de Grasse Tyson Neil today: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH

Gravity
Girl: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH Baseball: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH

How Do We Know So Much About Mars?
Telescopes: courtesy of David Crisp and the WFPC2 Science Team (JPL/CalTech), NSSDC, and NASA Spacecraft: NASA, Viking Project Robots: IMP Team, JPL (Sojourner (tm), Mars Rover (tm) and spacecraft design and images copyright ©: 1996-97, California Institute of Technology. All rights reserved. Further reproduction prohibited.) and NASA

The Search for Martian Life
Maria Zuber: courtesy of Maria Zuber Star Background: courtesy of AURA One-on-One with the Sun Venus, Earth, Mars: courtesy of NASA Sunspot: courtesy of AURA/NOAO/NSF Crab Nebula: courtesy of Bill Shoening, AURA/NOAO/NSF Boy: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH

Milky Way Galaxy
Milky Way as seen from Earth: courtesy of Photo Researchers Julianne Dalcanton: courtesy of Julianne Dalcanton Spiral galaxy: courtesy of AURA/NOAO/NSF Elliptical galaxy: courtesy of STScI Irregular Galaxy: courtesy of Bill Shoening/AURA/NOAO/NSF Sombrero Galaxy: courtesy of Bill Keel

The Big Bang
Gas: courtesy of Neil de Grasse Tyson Neil today: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH

One-on-One with the Sun
Venus: courtesy of Bill Shoening, AURA/NOAO/NSF Galaxy in montage: courtesy of STScI Planets in montage: courtesy of NASA, Voyager 2 Kids: courtesy of Denis Finnin, AMNH

Cosmic Connections Game
Choice A: courtesy of JPL/Caltech and NASA Choice B: courtesy of R. Williams, the HDF Team (STScI), and NASA Choice C: courtesy of B. Whitmore (STScI), F. Schweizer (DTM), and NASA Choice D: courtesy of L. Ferrarese (Johns Hopkins University) and NASA Choice E: courtesy of HST, WFPC 2, Jeff Hester and NASA Choice F: courtesy of Bruce Balick (U. Washington), Vincent Icke (Leiden U. of the Netherlands) Choice G: courtesy of NASA, Voyager 2 Choice H: AURA/NOAO/NSF

Stuff to Do
Moon Watch Flip Book-Moon: courtesy of NASA

What Do You Know?
Q3a: courtesy of MOC Team and NASA, Mars Global Surveyor Q2, 3b, 3c, 5, 7: courtesy of NASA Q4: courtesy of Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) and NASA Q6: courtesy of Photo Researchers Q8: courtesy of NASA/JPL/CALTECH Q10: courtesy of ESA/STScI, Dr. Christopher Burrows and NASA, Hubble Space Telescope

Astro Poll
The first Moon Walk, Buzz Aldrin: courtesy of NASA, taken by Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 Earth forming: courtesy of JSC and NASA, Apollo 17 The Sun forming: courtesy of EIT Consortium/NSSDC and NASA, SOHO's EIT EIT Asteroids flying, Ida and it's moon Dactyl: courtesy of NSSDC and NASA, Galileo Sun's nuclear energy: courtesy of EIT Consortium/NSSDC and NASA, SOHO's EIT Colliding galaxies: courtesy of The Hubble Heritage Team/STScI/AURA and NASA, Hubble Space Telescope Center, Debra Meloy Elmegreen, Bruce C. Elmegreen, Michele Kaufman, Elias Brinks, Curt Struck, Magnus Thomasson, Maria Sundin, and Mario Klaric. Black Holes: Accretion Disk Binary System: STScI and NASA The Center of Centaurus, E.J. Schreier (STScI) et al., NASA The birth of a star: courtesy of The Hubble Heritage Team and NASA, Hubble Space Telescope Center, principal astronomers: John MacKenty, Jesus Maiz-Apellaniz, Colin Norman, Nolan Walborn, Richard Burg, Richard Griffiths and Rosemary Wyse. A volcano erupting on Io: courtesy of JPL, California Institute of Technology/NSSDC and NASA, Galileo A solar flare: courtesy of JSC and NASA An Earthrise: courtesy of NSSDC and NASA, Apollo 8 Universe expanding: courtesy of Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) and NASA Life exists: courtesy of JPL and NASA, Mars Global Surveyor Galaxies exist: courtesy of Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA) Milky Way: courtesy of Photo Researchers Orion: courtesy of "Observers", "Institute", Sven Kohle and Till Credner Big Dipper: AMNH An Asteroid, Gaspra: courtesy of JPL, California Institute of Technology/NSSDC, U.S. Geological Survey, Cornell University and NASA, Galileo Satellite: courtesy of JSC and NASA, American Satellite Company communications satellite Moon Rock: courtesy of NSSDC and NASA, Apollo 17 Meteor (Williamite Meteorite): courtesy of AMNH Department of Library Services, 3316 Moon formed: courtesy of JSC and NASA, Apollo 11 Saturn's rings: courtesy of JPL, California Institute of Technology and NASA, Voyager 2 Venusian volcanoes: courtesy of JPL, California Institute of Technology/NSSDC, U.S. Geological Survey and NASA, Magellan Water under Mars: courtesy of JPL, Malin Space Systems and NASA, Mars Global Surveyor Neptune's Great Dark Spot: courtesy of JPL, California Institute of Technology/NSSDC and NASA, Voyager 2 Jupiter's Moons: courtesy of JPL, California Institute of Technology and NASA, Voyager 2 Pluto's surface: courtesy of Dr. R. Albrecht, ESA/ESO Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility, NSSDC and NASA Asteroid belt, Gaspra: : courtesy of JPL, California Institute of Technology/NSSDC, U.S. Geological Survey, Cornell University and NASA, Galileo Jupiter's Great Red Spot: courtesy of JPL, California Institute of Technology/NSSDC and NASA, Voyager 1 Halley's Comet: courtesy of NSSDC and NASA, ESA mission Giotto Andromeda Galaxy: courtesy of Jason Ware, APOD Surface of Moon: courtesy of NASA Sunspots: courtesy of AURA/NOAO/NSF Supernova 1987A: courtesy of ESA/STScI, Dr. Christopher Burrows and NASA, Hubble Space Telescope

Meet the OLogists (Neil de Grasse Tyson)
Neil de Grasse Tyson: courtesy of Neil de Grasse Tyson Astronaut on the moon: courtesy of John W. Young, Apollo 16 Crew, and NASA NASA Light divided by a prism: courtesy of Concept Images, ©1998 Noriko all rights reserved Hubble Telescope View from Deep Space: courtesy of R. Williams and the HDF Team (STScI) and NASA, Hubble Deep Field Spectrum of light: courtesy of AURA/NOAO/NSF "Copyright Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. (AURA), all rights reserved." Infrared Hudson river view: courtesy of NASA Radio telescopes: courtesy of Dave Finley, AUI, NRAO, NSF The Moon: courtesy of NASA, Galileo Saturn's Rings: courtesy of JPL, California Institute of Technology and NASA, Voyager 2 Milky Way as seen from the Earth: courtesy of Jayanne English (STScI) et. Al., CGPS, RAL/U. Calgary, APOD Surface of Io: courtesy of University of Arizona, JPL/SSI and NASA, Galileo Stars: courtesy of STScI, The Hubble Heritage Team and NASA Planets: courtesy of NASA Projector and Hayden Planetarium: courtesy of AMNH Department of Library Services

Meet the OLogists (Kids)
All people pictures: courtesy of subjects Jupiter: courtesy of PDS/JPL and NASA, Voyager 1

What's Your OLogy?
Question 1, image #1 courtesy NASA - Voyager 2. Question 3, image #1 courtesy N.O.A.A Question 3, image #2 courtesy USGS. Question 4, image #1 courtesy NASA - Voyager 2

Help Us Build OLogy
montage images: black hole, courtesy L. Ferrarese (Johns Hopkins University) and NASA comet, courtesy P/Shoemaker-Levy9, StScI/NASA Hubble Space Telescope, courtesy NASA Galaxy Montage images: courtesy AURA/NOAO/NSF.

Illustration Credits:

Astronomy is about more than stars
Daryl Collins

Astronomy: Our Space in Place Homepage
Astronomy, Our Place in Space Homepage
Kids with star map: Jim Steck Planets, Gravity: Jim Paillot Mars, Sun, Milky Way: Daryl Collins Nasa Logo: NASA

The Journey Begins
Jim Paillot

Why can't I see More Stars?
Jim Steck

Stargazing Tips
Jim Steck

Gravity
Newton: Amanda Duffy Foot: Jim Paillot Juggler: Chris Van Dunsen Mars: Daryl Collins

What Does Gravity Do?
Jim Paillot

What would happen if the force of gravity were turned off?
Chris Van Dunsen

A Closer Look at Mars
Planets and Sun: Daryl Collins Robot: Jim Paillot

How Do We Know So Much About Mars?
Jim Paillot

What Kind of Life are we Looking for on Mars?
Jim Steck

An Interview with Mars
Jim Steck

One on One with the Sun
Stella Stardust: Jim Steck Milky Way Galaxy: Denis Davidson

How Did the Universe Begin
Create Your Own Timeline: Daryl Collins Lemaitre: Amanda Duffy

The Milky Way Galaxy
Milky Way (side): Mark Paternostro Milky Way: (below) Denis Davidson

How Much is a Billion
Jim Steck

QandA with Astronomer Julianne Dalcanton
Amanda Duffy

Create Your Own Timeline
Daryl Collins

Don't Be Lost in Space
Earth, Solar System, Virgo Supercluster: David Hardy Milky Way: Dennis Davidson Universe: American Museum of Natural History and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 1999

What's Next?
Jim Steck

Stuff To Do
Main page, Cosmic Cookies, Scavenger Hunt, Space Travel Guide: Eric Hamilton Make Your Own Stationery: Jim Steck, Jim Paillot, Daryl Collins Interview With Mars: Jim Steck Stargazing: Jim Steck Moon Watch Flip Book Cover Art: Quinten Steenhuis

Stuff To Do
Q9: Dennis Davidson

Meet the OLogists (Kids)
All drawings: courtesy of subjects

What's Your OLogy?
Question 4: Ed Heck, AMNH