Astronomy 162


Dr. Daunt's Astronomy 162 Web Guide Dept. Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee

(Last revised: December 22, 2007)

Astr 162 Lectures

Astr 161 Lectures

Astronomy Resources

Quiz Preparation

Astro Pict of Day

Tutorial Quizzes

Study Guides

Syllabus

Our Class Newsgroup

Chapter Notes

Daily Syllabus

Seating
Assignments

Lecture Overheads

Extra Credit

OJTA

Student Resources


TEXTBOOKS: *Astronomy Now* (Sixth Edition), by Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan and *Online Journey Through Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies* by Michael Guidry, Margaret Riedinger and Frank Edward Barnes (Student Companion Book by Kevin Lee) and *A Laboratory Textbook for Introductory Astronomy* (5th Edition) by Kermit E. Duckett


Subject Matter: Introduction to Astronomy: Study of Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology
Chapter 3	Radiation	Chapter 22	Neutron Stars & Black Holes
Chapter 4	Spectroscopy	Chapter 23	The Milky Way Galaxy
Chapter 5	Telescopes	Chapter 24	Normal & Active Galaxies
Chapter 16	The Sun	Chapter 25	Galaxies & Dark Matter
Chapter 17	Red Giants & White Dwarfs	Chapter 26	Cosmology
Chapter 18	The Interstellar Medium	Chapter 27	The Early Universe
Chapter 19	Star Formation	Chapter 16	The Formation of Planetary Systems
Chapter 20	Stellar Evolution	Chapter 28	Life in the Universe
Chapter 21	Stellar Explosions

Some Web Links of Interest
for Astronomy Students

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 Website: http://www.seds.lpl.arizona.edu/

Views of the Solar System: http://planetscapes.com/

Abrams Skywatcher's Diary: http://www.pa.msu.edu/abrams/diary.html

Sky Events: http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance/

Sky & Telescope Magazine: http://www.skypub.com/

Space Calendar: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/

Astronomy Lecture Notes: http://www.astronomynotes.com/

Network Resources: http://www.hq.eso.org/online-resources-paper/rrn.html

Dewey Decimal: http://vrl.tpl.toronto.on.ca/expanding_universe/

AstroWeb: http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/www/astronomy.html

The Astronomy Cafe: http://www.theastronomycafe.net/

Astr 101-103 (Cornell): http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/astro101.htm

Astronomy Homework Help: http://members.aol.com/gca7sky/astrohelp.htm

Weather: http://www.weather.com/

Geology: http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/index.html

Physics: http://www.fearofphysics.com/

Some Newsgroups of Interest

for Astronomy Students

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://sciastro.astronomy.net/

FAQ for sci.space: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/space/top.html

Dr. Steve Daunt (short bio) email: sdaunt[at]utk.edu http://phys.phys.utk.edu/daunt/