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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1983-2117</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ensaio Pesquisa em Educação em Ciências ]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ens. Pesqui. Educ. Ciênc.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1983-2117</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1983-21172010000200239</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1590/1983-21172010120215</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[EXERCÍCIOS ENVOLVENDO A MAGNITUDE LIMITE NO ENSINO DE ASTRONOMIA]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[EXERCISES COMPREHENDING THE LIMIT MAGNITUDE IN ASTRONOMY TEACHING]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vertchenko]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lev]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Silveira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tomás de Aquino]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais Departamento de Física e Química ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Belo Horizonte MG]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2010</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2010</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>12</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>239</fpage>
<lpage>256</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1983-21172010000200239&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1983-21172010000200239&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1983-21172010000200239&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Neste trabalho s&#227;o apresentados alguns exerc&#237;cios e atividades, elaborados para disciplinas de Astronomia B&#225;sica e inspirados na propos ta de explora&#231;&#227;o multicontextual de Ausubel, relacionando o conceito de magnitude limite ao poder de capta&#231;&#227;o de luz de um instrumento &#243;tico. Os resultados desses exerc&#237;cios s&#227;o comparados a contagens de estrelas, obtidas seja pela observa&#231;&#227;o, a olho nu ou com instrumentos &#243;ticos, seja pelo uso de software do tipo carta celeste. O processo inclui a familiariza &#231;&#227;o do estudante com o c&#233;u, com bin&#243;culos e telesc&#243;pios e com v&#225;rios softwares. S&#227;o discutidas a rela&#231;&#227;o dessas contagens com a distribui&#231;&#227;o espa cial das estrelas, e sua aplicabilidade a situa&#231;&#245;es de ensino/aprendizagem.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[We present a set of exercises and activities, designed for Basic Astronomy disciplines and inspired by Ausubel's multi-contextual approach, relating the limit magnitude concept to the light catching power of an optical instrument. These exercises are compared with stars count , through naked-eye observations, or those made with the aid of optical instruments, and through the use of star charts software. Meanwhile, the student has the opportunity to become familiarized with the sky, binocu lars and telescopes, as well as with several types of software. It is also dis cussed the relation of the stars count with the spatial distribution of these objects and their application in teaching/learning circumstances.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Astronomia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[ensino]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[magnitude.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[teaching]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[magnitude.]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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</front><back>
<ref-list>
<ref id="B1">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[AUSUBEL]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[David P.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Aquisição e retenção de conhecimentos: uma perspectiva cognitiva]]></source>
<year></year>
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</nlm-citation>
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<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[BERNARDES]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T. O.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Abordando o ensino de óptica através da construção de telescópios]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física]]></source>
<year></year>
<volume>28</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<issue>3</issue>
<page-range>391-96</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[São Paulo ]]></publisher-loc>
</nlm-citation>
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<ref id="B3">
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[OLIVEIRA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kepler de Souza]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[OLIVEIRA SARAIVA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maria de Fátima]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Astronomia e Astrofísica]]></source>
<year></year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Porto Alegre ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Ed. Universidade/UFRGS]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
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<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[PEEBLES]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. J. E.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
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<person-group person-group-type="editor">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[SOUZA]]></surname>
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</name>
</person-group>
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</nlm-citation>
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<collab>WIKIPEDIA</collab>
<collab>WIKIPEDIA</collab>
<source><![CDATA[<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber-Fechner_law]]></source>
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