Pdf lecture notes for introduction to astronomy asma. The long wavelength end is produced by the earths ionosphere. May 11, 2010 astronomy the study of stars and space. A set of lecture notes for astronomy 170, a planetary science course carl sagan taught at harvard university. Astr111 lecture 3 many ancient cultures took note of celestial objects and celestial phenomena.
Using gravity and stellar physics to explore the cosmos undergraduate lecture notes in physics on free shipping on qualified orders. In the autumn of 2010 a malicious hack of the uva astronomy web server resulted in the loss of all of the course materials and backups for this class, including these lecture notes, which are the product of 15 years of development by the instructorauthor. Preface in order to make our extensive series of lecture notes more readily available, we have scanned the old master copies and produced electronic versions in portable document format. A few decades ago, astronomy and particle physics started to merge in the common. A concise introduction to astrophysics lecture notes for fy2450. Astrophysics by zeilik and gregory 1 and fundamental astronomy by karttunen et al. Studying phys 103 elementary astronomy at virginia commonwealth university. Cosmology has long been a fairly speculative field of study, short on data and long on. It assumes a background in neither general relativity nor statistical mechanics. This book is based on my lecture notes for an upperlevel undergraduate cosmology course at the ohio state university. The celestial poles and equator are the projections of the earths poles and equator onto the sky.
Lectures on astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology luis a. Anchordoqui department of physics and astronomy, lehman college, city university of new york, ny 10468, usa department of physics, graduate center, city university of new york, 365 fifth avenue, ny 10016, usa. He used professor paul schechters handwritten notes in producing them. Learn which astronomy courses are available, what topics they cover and which ones lead. This instructor s guide supplements the lecture tutorials and its stated goals by furnishing a ready to use.
The general public had always been more interested in. Notes will generally become available at the beginning of the week in which the lectures. Instead, astronomers use the parsec abbreviated pc as a practical unit of distance. Anchordoqui department of physics, university of wisconsinmilwaukee, p. Astronomy lecture notes and resources download book. Mcmillan and references to section numbers refer to this textbook. My office is a909 in the jila tower feel free to stop by anytime with queries problems suggestions. The library of congress has digitized various items from numerous library of congress collections to create the online collection finding our place in the cosmos. Spring 2007 these lecture notes were prepared as an aid to students enrolled in ug astronomy 320, in the 2007 spring semester, at uwmilwaukee. Moon, stars, mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, saturn, comets, and meteors. Policies and further info about the course are set out in the course syllabus pdf format. In this section we will derive the probability density function pdf that describes the.
Professor bailyn introduces the course and discusses the course material and requirements. Founded in 1999, the silicon valley astronomy lectures are presented on six wednesday evenings during each school year at foothill college, in the heart of c. These lecture notes were prepared as an aid to students enrolled in ug astronomy 320, in the. Lecture notes astrophysics ii physics mit opencourseware. The web page for course contains the syllabus, lecture notes. Lecture notes monterey institute for research in astronomy. Our nation needs your help to continue to reach new heights in space science and industry. Binary stars are fundamentally important to astronomy because they are the only way that we can directly measure the mass of stars. Motions of the earth and moon, motion and gravity, renaissance astronomy, optical telescopes, space exploration, science and astronomy, the solar system, stellar systems and.
The chinese, egyptians, britons, mayans, and others have left us evidence of their interest in astronomy. Free online courses in astronomy are offered by real schools. Solar system has 165 moons, one star, eight planets added uranus and neptune, eight asteroids and more than 100 kuiper belt objects more than 300 km in diameter, smaller asteroids, comets, and meteoroids 6. Lecture notes for the first day of carl sagans critical thinking course, astronomy 490, at cornell university. As of october 15, class notes are no longer posted on the course web site. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. The stellar systems we will study are large clusters like globular clusters, and galaxies which are even larger assemblies of stars. Astronomy astr 1 astronomy astr astr 103 descriptive astronomy description. Wright, 2015 cosmology has long been a fairly speculative.
Astronomy 275 lecture notes, spring 2015 c edward l. The lecture notes were taken in the fall of 2001 by jeremy schnittman, who as a student in the subject, agreed to take notes and to format them using latex. Class proper begins with a discussion on planetary orbits. The sun revolves around the galactic center in response to the gravitational pull of the hundreds of billions of stars that lie interior to the suns orbit.
Please do email me if you find any typos or mistakes. Lecture tutorials for introductory astronomy, second education provides instructors with a set of easy to implement, carefully constructed exercises that confront student difficulties and assist students in resolving those difficulties. Pdf lecture notes for introduction to astronomy asma asghar. Aug 08, 2017 this is a semesters worth of an introduction to astronomy course.
Ian browne notes by mike peel 25 september 2006 to 11 december 2006 last modi. Isbn 0470849096 acidfree paper isbn 047084910x pbk. Survey of the nature and motions of the planets, the sun, the stars, and their lives, galaxies, and the structure of the universe. Stay updated on the constant flow of information concerning new discoveries resulting from the exploration of space. Astronomy 5110 lecture notes page university of virginia. Lecture notes will be placed on the web before the corresponding lecture, although in some cases it may be only hours before the lecture. It takes the sun 200,000,000 yrs to make one orbit around the galaxy. Astronomy lecture notes and resources this lecture note covers the following topics. I will be glad to receive feedback from the readers of these notes. The figures were produced by caitlin millard during juneaugust 2004.
While providing education, the book is meant to spark passion for the science and the space industry by highlighting discoveries and outcomes. Overview astronomy 162 is an overview of modern astrophysics beyond our solar system, picking up where astronomy 161 left off. Lecture notes for astronomy 100 if youd like to supplement the reading with some webcasts, here are some lectures from uc berkeley and michigan tech. Stories behind the pictures on the walls of clark 107. Astronomy is with mathematics one of the oldest branches of science. Motions of the earth and moon, motion and gravity, renaissance astronomy, optical telescopes, space exploration, science and astronomy, the solar system, stellar systems and interstellar matter, galaxies and the universe. This is done using newtons version of keplers 3rd law we measure the orbital period, and the average separation between the stars, and this gives us the sum of the masses of the stars in the binary system. Most of the lectures and course material within open yale courses are licensed under a.
Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Freely browse and use ocw materials at your own pace. Often, a recent astronomy result is discussed on the bakersfield night sky site before it makes it into the appropriate chapter in the astronomy notes site. The students taking the course were primarily juniors and seniors majoring in physics and astronomy. Astronomers base their measurement of positions of objects on the concept of the celestial sphere upon which all objects are assumed to lie regardless of their true distances.
The course focused on critical thinking and science, exploring issues around ufos, astrology, and the nature and limits of scientific argumentation. Brizard department of chemistry and physics saint michaels college, colchester, vt 05439 spring 2008. Newtons laws of motion the law of gravity lecture notes for the day. The treatment of geodetic astronomy in these notes is aimed at. In my lectures, i assumed that my students, having triumphantly survived fresh. Complete the readings before the corresponding lectures if possible. Localsky and celestialspherecoordinates inastronomy. Lecture notes for introduction to astronomy septembernovember, 2004 by dr. Chapter 1 not your grandmas solar system pdf ppt 0118 1 approaches to astronomy 0120 2 a brief brief history of the universe 0120 2.
On studocu you find all the study guides, past exams and lecture notes for this course. Astronomy 140 lecture notes, spring 2008 c edward l. Scale of the universe stars visible from the us cycles eclipses retrograde motion measurement and navigation astrometry phases of the moon tides magnitud e scale history of astronomy. Black holes, pulsars, quasars, and other objects of special interest included. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. These are only outlines of the lectures, not verbatim transcripts. The sun revolves around the center of the milky way galaxy with a speed of 200300 kmsec. There will be several homework assignments, generally due one week from the time it is assigned, unless otherwise specified. A brief history of astronomy is also given and its major contributors over the centuries are introduced. Attendance is strongly encouraged, as not all essential class material will appear on these webpages. This is a course on cosmology, aimed at final year undergraduate students. The greek geocentric model the copernican revolution keplers laws of planetary motion. The astronomical distance to a nearby star is measured in terms of its stellar. They noted certain patterns in the heavens and were able to construct calendars.
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