Dr. Daunt's Astronomy 151 Web Guide Dept. Physics & Astronomy  University of Tennessee

  Last Revised: August 19, 2007   

Astr 151 Lectures

Astr 152 Lectures

Astronomy Resources

 

Study Guides	Astro Pict of Day	Tutorial Quizzes
Chapter Notes	Syllabus	Our Class Newsgroup
Lecture Overheads	Daily Syllabus	Seating Assignments
Quiz Preparation	Extra Credit	Student Resources

 

TEXTBOOK: Astronomy Today (Sixth Edition) by Eric Chaisson & Steve Macmillan

     

Subject Matter:  Introduction to Astronomy and Study of the Solar System
Chapter 1	Charting the Heavens		Chapter 9	Venus
Chapter 2	The Copernican Revolution		Chapter 10	Mars
Chapter 3	Radiation		Chapter 11	Jupiter
Chapter 4	Spectroscopy		Chapter 12	Saturn
Chapter 5	Telescopes		Chapter 13	Uranus & Neptune
Chapter 6	The Solar System		Chapter 14	Solar System Debris
Chapter 7	Earth		Chapter 15	The Formation of Planetary Systems
Chapter 8	The Moon and Mercury		Chapter 28	Life in the Universe

 

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Some Web Links of Interest for Astronomy Students

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If you are not familiar with the use of the World Wide Web, here is a comprehensive introduction to the use of the Web in education.

• Astronomy Picture of the Day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
• AP of Day (Archives): http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
• Earth and Sky: http://www.earthsky.com/
• Violence in the Cosmos: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/violence/violence-root.html
• The Nine Planets: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/
• Planetary Pictures: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/picturelist.html
• SEDS Galaxy of Images: http://www.seds.org/galaxy/galaxy-text.html
• Views of the Solar System: http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/
• Abrams Skywatcher's Diary: http://www.pa.msu.edu/abrams/diary.html
• Sky Events: http://www.kalmbach.com/astro/SkyEvents/SkyEvents.html
• Sky & Telescope Bulletin: http://www.skypub.com/news/news.shtml
• Space Calendar: http://NewProducts.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
• Astronomy Lecture Notes: http://www.bc.cc.ca.us/programs/sea/astronomy/book.htm
• Network Resources: http://www.hq.eso.org/online-resources-paper/rrn.html
• Dewey Decimal: http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/index.html
• AstroWeb: http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/www/astronomy.html
• The Astronomy Cafe: http://www2.ari.net/home/odenwald/cafe.html
• Astr 101-103 (Cornell): http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/~tlh10/index.htm
• Astronomy Homework Help: http://members.aol.com/gca7sky/astrohelp.htm
• Astronomy: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/internet_resources/astronomy.html
• Space Science: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/internet_resources/space.html
• Weather: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/internet_resources/weather.html
• Geology: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/internet_resources/geology.html
• Physics: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/internet_resources/physics_tutorials.html

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Some Newsgroups of Interest for Astronomy Students

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If you are not familiar with how to use newsgroups, here is an introduction. An FAQ is a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) for a newsgroup.

• UT Astr 161 Newsgroup: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/newsgroups/astr161/index.html
• UT Astr 162 Newsgroup: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/newsgroups/astr162/index.html
• General Astronomy: news:sci.astro
• Amateur Astronomy: news:sci.astro.amateur
• Professional Astronomers (Moderated): news:sci.astro.research
• Hubble Space Telescope: news:sci.astro.hubble
• FAQ for sci.astro: http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/students/lazio/sci.astro.html
• FAQ for sci.space: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/space/top.html

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Dr. Steve Daunt  [short bio]       email: sdaunt [at] utk.edu          

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