Astronomy Homepage

Physics 110

Cal. State Univ. - Bakersfield

Links to class material:

Special Handouts:

• Syllabus
• Schedule
• Mnemonics
• Stellar Properties
• Stellar Evolution

Lecture Notes:

• About Lecture Notes
• Section 1.1 Prehistoric Astronomy
• Mathematics Review
• Section 1.2 Classical Astronomy
• Sec. 1.3-1.5 Renaissance Astronomy
• Chapter 2 Gravity and Motion
• Chapter 3 Light and Atoms
• Chapter 7 Survey of the Solar System
• Chapter 11 The Sun, Our Star
• Chapter 12 Measuring the Properties of Stars
• Chapter 13 Stellar Evolution
• Chapter 14 Stellar Remnants
• Chapter 16 & 17 Galaxies & Cosmology

Textbook Notes, Comments, Examples:

• Also has HW solutions
  

Textbook Web Site:

• Homepage
  

Sample Exam Problems:

• Exam #1 Practice
• Exam #2 Practice
• Exam #3 Practice

Lab Exercise:

• Web Scavenger Hunt
• Universe Scale Lab
• Solar System Lab Drawings
• Scientific Method Lab

Information About the Instructor

Astro webs:

(Collections of links to astronomy Web sites, like this list here, only larger)

• Yahoo Astronomy Page
• Sky and Telescope Links
• NRAO Astroweb
• USGS Registry
• LHEA

Astronomy Magazines and Newsletters

• Sky & Telescope Magazine
• Astronomy Magazine
• Scientific American Magazine
• Mercury Magazine

Astronomy Organizations

• Kern Astronomical Society
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• The Planetary Society
• The SETI Institute

Astronomy Images

• Hubble Space Telescope
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• European Southern Observatory
• Planetary Photojournal
• Planetary Picture List
• Anglo-Australian Observatory

Other Interesting Sites

• Hubble Space Telescope
• NASA
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Space Weather
• Space Calendar
• History of Astronomy

Astronomy Advice

• Buying a telescope
• Observing Tips
• Astronomy software
• Bad Astronomy

Museums

• SF Exploratorium
• National Air & Space Museum
• History of Spaceflight

CSUB Links

• CSUB
• Computer Basic Skills
• CSUB Library