Stars
The Continuous Spectrum of Light Stellar Parallax The Magnitude Scale The Wave Nature of Light Blackbody Radiation The Quantization of Energy The Color.
Introduction To Modern Astronomy II
Last time: 2.1….. celestial coordinates 2.2 Seasons,…Precession 2.2 (cont.). 2.3. The Moon and Eclipses Lunar Phases and Eclipses Today: 2.4 Ancient Mystery.
The Big Bang Thursday, January 17. Doppler shift Doppler shift tells you if an object is coming toward you or moving away. Blueshift: distance decreasing.
Distance and Brightness Stellar Parallax The Magnitude Scale.
Foundations of Astronomy The scientific method- winning or losing?
Chapter 13 Taking the Measure of Stars The material of Chapter 13 introduces the fundamental ideas about how stars are studied, in particular, how it is.
Class 4 (Sept 2, 2010) : End of Ch 2 and Ch. 3
The Big Bang
REMEMBER HW DUE EVERY MONDAY NIGHT. Correction: Syllabus gave wrong office number: correct one is PS 459 New syllabus with correct office is posted on.
