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Astronomy 102, Summer 2005

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General Information

Syllabus
A description an overview of the course, details of how it will be graded, and the schedule for the course.

Luminosity/Distance/Brightness Tutorial
Good review for Exam 2.

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.


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.



Last modified: 2005-July-05, by Robert Knop

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