Handouts and Extras
General Information
- Syllabus
- A description an overview of the course, details of how it will be
graded, and the schedule for the course.
- Math Review
- This page has a short (6-page) PDF file that quickly goes over some
of the less-familiar math that you will need for Astronomy 102. All of
it is math from high-school level algebra, but this will hopefully make
clear some parts of it which is peculiar to astronomy.
Lecture Presentations
Here I will put online any computer presentations I use during lecture. The movies shown in lecture are available at Rob Knop's Astronomy Movies. Lecture presentations are in two formats; OpenOffice.org Impress, the format I'm actually using, and PDF. (OpenOffice.org is a full office suite available for Windows and Mac as well as Linux.)
Java Applets
These applets require the Java 1.4.x plugin, available from java.sun.com. The applet embedding code works with Mozilla; I have no clue if it will work with other proprietary browsers.
- Spiral Galaxy Rotator
- An applet that demonstrates how the arms of a spiral galaxy would
"wind up" if they were material arms (i.e., stars in an arm stayed in an
arm), given the rotation curves of spiral galaxies.