Astronomy Lecture Notes and Resources

Introductory Topics

 

Overview
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Objects in the Sky
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The Celestial Sphere
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Constellations
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Motions of the Earth
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Motions of the Moon
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Ancient Astronomy
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Renaissance Astronomy
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Motion and Gravity
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Constitution of Matter
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Energy and Heat
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Light Waves
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Light Spectra
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Matter & Light
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Optical Telescopes
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Other Detectors
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Space Exploration
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Science and Astronomy
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The Solar System

 

Overview and the Sun
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Mercury
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Venus
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The Earth
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The Moon
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Mars
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Asteroids
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Meteoroids
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Jupiter
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Saturn
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Uranus
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Neptune
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Pluto and Kuiper Belt
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Comets
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Formation
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Extrasolar Planets
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Life Here and Elsewhere
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Stellar Systems and Interstellar Matter

 

The Sun
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Stars - Properties
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Stars - Classification
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Binary Stars
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Stars - Formation
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Stars - Evolution
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Star Clusters
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Variable Stars
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Stellar Explosions
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Neutron Stars
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Black Holes
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Spacetime and Relativity
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SETI
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Galaxies and the Universe

 

Interstellar Matter
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The Milky Way Galaxy
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Normal Galaxies
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Cosmology
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Galaxy Evolution
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Dark Matter
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The Early Universe
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