Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe

Lecture Notes

Fall 2010

#1: 23 August: Initial Pleasantries; The Sky Tonight	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#2: 25 August: Getting Oriented, Astronomical Coordinate Systems	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#3: 27 August: Astronomical Coordinate Systems (cont)	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#4: 30 August: Lines on the Sky: what they tell us	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#5: 01 September: The Solar System in a Stellar Context	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#6: 03 September: Distances to Stars, Light Years and Parsecs	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#7: 08 September: How far away are the closest stars?	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#8: 10 September: Faint Stars and Bright Stars: the magnitude system	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#9: 13 September: The Sun, the closest star	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#10: 15 September: Basic properties of the Sun	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#11: 17 September: The Active Sun	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#12: 20 September: Starlight	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#13: 22 September: Starlight (cont)	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#14: 24 September: The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and the nature of stars	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#15: 27 September: Inside the Sun	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#16: 29 September: The Powerhouse deep in the Sun	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#17: 01 October: The fuel cycle of the Sun and Stars	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#19: 08 October: Stellar life after the Main Sequence	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#20: 11 October: Stellar life after the Main Sequence (cont.)	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#21: 13 October: Stellar Evolution: bloated stars and squashed cores	Lecture notes -- pdf file
#22: 15 October (Radio Astronomy Day): Dead Stars	Lecture notes -- pdf file
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