Astronomy  

In General > s.a. astrophysics; cosmology; history of astronomy.
@ General references: Audouze et al 94 [atlas]; Coles CQG(02)in [extragalactic].
@ Status / future: NS(90)sep29, 38-42; PW(91)jan, p33; Seery et al ap/98-in; Gilmozzi SA(06)may [future telescopes]; Myers a0904-rp [upcoming "Era of Great Surveys"].
@ Purpose of astronomy: Davoust ViA(95)ap; Bahcall ap/97.
@ I: Harrison 87; Kippenhahn 87; Lightman 92; Bartusiak 93; Pasachoff et al 94 [objects]; Longair 96; Odenwald 03 [astro café].
@ II: Shu 82; Unsoeld & Baschek 83; Friedlander 85; Zeilik 93; Kaufmann 94; Fix 95; Morrison et al 95; Pasachoff 95; Chaisson & McMillan 99; Bennett et al 02; Kutner 03; Roy & Clarke 03 [IIb]; Barbieri 07 [IIb].
@ III: Hoyle 75 [and cosmology]; Shipman 80 [especially black hole and cosmology]; Acker & Jaschek 86.
@ Data management: Norris IAU(05)ap; Borne a0909-rp [future, astroinformatics].
@ Related topics: AS 78(90)407 [cartoons]; Andernach ap/98-in [internet resources]; Mullane 97 [space travel]; Ifland 98 [celestial navigation]; Lahav ap/01-in [surveys, sociology]; Gaither & Cavazos-Gaither 02 [quotations]; Bailey & Slater AJP(05)aug-RL [teaching]; Price et al ap/06 [Slacker Astronomy Podcast]; Forbes a0805 [aspiring professional astronomers]; West a0905-in [public perception of astronomers]; Fabian a0908 [serendipity]; > s.a. chaos; computation [data management]; gravitating matter.
> Related topics: see orbits [celestial mechanics]; stars; units.
> Online resources: Heydari-Malayeri ap/07 and Etymological Dictionary.

Observation Methods > s.a. cosmic microwave background; gravitational waves.
@ General references: Krisciunas ap/99-in [history]; Bradt 03 [II/III]; Anchordoqui APPB(05)ap/04-in [neutrons, neutrinos, ...].
@ Virtual observatories: Borne ap/00-in, ap/00-in; Djorgovski ap/02-in [and small telescopes], & Williams ap/05-in [rev]; Lawrence in(09)-a0905; Hatziminaoglou a0911-in.
@ Particle astronomy: Lipari PRD(08)-a0808 [protons and neutrinos]; > s.a. cosmic rays; neutrino astronomy.
@ Related topics: Lowman & Lester PT(06)nov [observatories on the Moon?]; Merrifield & Saari a0906 [telescope time allocation]; Djorgovski a0907-in [Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics and virtual worlds].
> Related topics: see astronomy in various wavelength ranges [radio, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, X-ray]; gamma-ray astronomy.

Astronomy Education
* Idea: Can one buy one or more sets of IR glasses, and look at objects with them before discussing astronomy?
@ General references: Gurr PT(92)aug; Zeilik et al AJP(97)oct, AJP(99)oct [conceptual]; Price & Grover AJP(01)feb [expansion]; Prather et al AJP(09)apr [national essessment study], PT(09)oct [teaching intro classes]; Borne et al a0909-rp [and data science].
@ Undergraduate labs: Huebner et al 96; Cadmus AJP(99)aug [age of the universe]; Sigismondi AJP(02)nov [angular size of Sun]; Rubbo et al AJP(07)jul [simulated gravitational wave signals]; Jacobi et al AER-a0809 [effectiveness of night labs].


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