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Basics of Astronomy

Basics of Astronomy. Casey McNamara. THE UNIVERSE. EVERYTHING. Galaxies, solar systems, planets, stars, black holes, clusters, dark matter, AGN. Galaxies. Elliptical. Galaxies. Spiral. Galaxies. Elliptical. Variable Stars. Stellar Evolution. H-R Diagram. Spectral Types.

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Basics of Astronomy

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  1. Basics of Astronomy Casey McNamara

  2. THE UNIVERSE • EVERYTHING • Galaxies, solar systems, planets, stars, black holes, clusters, dark matter, AGN

  3. Galaxies • Elliptical

  4. Galaxies • Spiral

  5. Galaxies • Elliptical

  6. Variable Stars

  7. Stellar Evolution

  8. H-R Diagram

  9. Spectral Types

  10. Stellar Spectra and Graph

  11. Absorption and Emission Spectra

  12. Jacoby Atlas

  13. Views of MONET SAAO Sutherland hilltop view, including MONET MONET Telescope and McDonald Observatory

  14. CCD and DSLR • Charged-coupled device • Found in CCD and DSLR • Digital Single Lens Reflex

  15. Astroimaging Tools • Aperture Photometry Tool • Image J • Maxim DL • Photoshop

  16. Dark and Flat Fields Dark Field Flat Field Signal to Noise • Ratio of signal power to noise corruption

  17. Astronomy Today • David Lefreniere Spectroscopy and hidden exoplanets • Nicholas Cowan Looks at wavelengths to find water on other planets

  18. Bibliography Brinkworth, Carolyn, and Claire Thomas. "Galaxies." Faulkes Telescope Educational Guide. July 2001. 2 June 2009. "Galaxies - KidsAstronomy." Astronomy For Kids. 02 June 2009 <http://www.kidsastronomy.com/galaxys.htm>. Xantox. "M104 Galaxy in Infrared Light." Strange Paths :: Physics, computation, philosophy. 02 June 2009 <http://strangepaths.com/page/3/en/>. Sanders, Robert. "Rethinking Last Century's Closest, Brightest Supernova." UC Berkeley News. 9 Jan. 2007. UC Berkeley. 2 June 2009 <berkeley.edu/.../releases/2007/01/09_LBV.shtml>. "Chapq5!" The University of Toledo : Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy. 02 June 2009 <http://astro1.panet.utoledo.edu/~ljc/chapq5.html>. Smith, Gene. "Stellar Spectra." Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences, UCSD. University of California. 02 June 2009 <http://cass.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/Stars.html>. "Measuring Stellar Spectra." University of Colick Astronomy. 2 June 2009 <www.ucolick.org/.../week2/stellar_tempsC.html>. "Stars' Life Cycle." Think Quest Astronomy. 2 June 2009 <library.thinkquest.org/.../stars/life_cycle1.htm>. Rasband, Wayne. "MONET : ImageJ." Institut für Astrophysik Göttingen. 28 Oct. 2004. 03 June 2009 <http://www.uni-sw.gwdg.de/~hessman/MONET/ImageJ/>.

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