General Information
Spring 2010 Astronomy Syllabus.docx


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Your Textbook website- do your homework HERE!!
If you have used your access code you can submit homework on the site below
http://masteringastronomy.com/
The course name is

MCCDASTROSP2010

You can also get an E-book for less!  Ask how in class.

Traditional Homework -
If you like typing, little feedback, and don't want extra practice and animations, maybe traditional homework is for you.
All homework needs to be
1) Typed, including the question
2) Have your name, date, and assignment number
3) Turned in ON TIME at the beginning of class- no late submissions- ever.

The Blue Marble
The Blue Marble is an incredibly detailed, true-color depiction of the Earth. NASA is responsible for this dataset made from a compilation of satellite images throughout 2001. Most of the information came from NASA's MODIS, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, which is attached to the Terra satellite 435 miles above Earth. The background image of the land and oceans was created using data from June through September of 2001. This could not be done in a single day or even a week because on any given day clouds are blocking a significant portion of the surface. The cloud image is a composite of three days worth of data. The first two days of data were collected in the visible wavelength and the third day was needed to get a view of the clouds over the poles using thermal infrared imagery.
Animations from Science on a Sphere  http://sos.noaa.gov/index.html

Lecture Notes- notes in .pdf format

Astronomy Lecture 1- Chapter 1- The Cosmic Perspective

Astronomy lecture 2- Chapter 2 - Discovering the Universe for yourself

Astronomy Lecture 3-  Chapter 3- The Science of Astronomy

Astronomy Lecture 4- Chapters 4 AND 5: The Light and Gravity Extravaganza!

Astronomy lecture 5- The Terrestrial Worlds
Astronomy Lecture 6- The Jovian Worlds

Star Charts and Resources-- fun stuff for you to explore

like LEGOS?  Heres the plans to make a Lego Orrery
Whats an Orrery?  Click here to see.

Here is the 'Official" Meteor observing and reporting handbook
It's 50 pages long.  Meteor Reporting Handbook.pdf

Here is an interesting article called "The End of Cosmology' by Lawrence Krauss
Astronomy/Astronomy extras/End of cosmology krauss.pdf

Here is the link for the video we saw on learning astronomy and misconceptions
http://www.learner.org/resources/series28.html

Looking for a Low Cost (under 200$) Starter Scope?
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/equipment/home/69745547.html
here is the full telescope review in .pdf format
Astronomy/Astronomy extras/low-cost-starter-scopes.pdf

Looking for a good, cheap telescope?

Try a  Galileoscope  Only 15$ for a scope Better than the one Galileo had!
 https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/

Here is a video to help you assemble your Galileoscope

Here are the files to make your own planisphere, choose the one you like best!
star chart
Astronomy/tesmn0809.pdf

These 2 files are the parts to make a planisphere
Astronomy/StarWheel1.pdf
Astronomy/StarWheelCover.pdf

Here is a better Star Wheel
Astronomy/starchart_e_ltr.pdf

Make your own Copernicus/ Ptolemy Solar Systems
Astronomy/copernicus_e_ltr.pdf  Copernicus version
Astronomy/ptolemaios_e_ltr.pdf  Ptolemy version
Astronomy/cop_pto_i_e_ltr.pdf  Instructions for both

Here's an astrolabe
Astronomy/astrolabe.pdf

And plans to  build your own telescope for $10
Astronomy/10-dollar-telescope.pdf

Interesting Images

Distribution of Dark matter

 Pair Instability Supernovas
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/78344612.html

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