Basic Astronomy -- Physics 306

Physics 306 Syllabus

306syllabus.html

 

Homepage for textbook

http://www.brookscole.com/astronomy_d

 

Representative exams:

Phys_306_Final.html

Phys_306_Exam_3.html

Phys_306_Exam_2.html

Phys_306_Exam_1.html

 

Physics 306 students imaged with a charge-coupled device (i.e., an electronic camera)

CCD.html

 

Texas A&M Teaching Observatory

http://astronomy.physics.tamu.edu

 

Many websites relevant to astronomy are listed here:

astronomy-websites.html

 

CNN news on astronomy

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space

 

Earth's "other moon" and other near-earth asteroids (courtesy of Joseph Vegh, Physics 306 student)

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/second_moon_991029.html

http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~hudson/Research/Asteroids/index.htm

http://earn.dlr.de/nea

 

Talks by Wendy Freedman and Robert Kirshner on the velocity and acceleration of the expanding universe

cosmology_talks.html

 

Talk by Heidi Hammel on comet-Jupiter impact and outer planets

comet.html