Course Syllabus ASTR2100 Descriptive Astronomy,
Fall 1999
Class Credit
Homework. Your homework will given to you, graded,
and returned, electronically over the WWW. This page always also contains
the reading assignments.
Online Semester grades
Course Schedule
Practice Questions
Test 1, Test
2, Test 3
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 Help!
Help on scientific notation Having
trouble with representing very large or very small numbers? Go to our tutorial
page on scientific notation, and try out some practice problems (with answer
key).
Help on conversion of units
What exactly is 45 Astronomical Units? Can we write that in miles so that
I can understand the answer? Learn how to convert from one set of units
to another, so that the numbers make sense.
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Planetary motion explained. This section also contains a link to Newton's
Universal Law of Gravity
Solar System Take a tour of the Solar System, planet
by planet, including their moons.
You can also get the comparison data in tabulated
form.
Stellar evolution
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Some questions answered
How long does it take to travel
between stars and galaxies? Between
the planets?
What is the ecliptic?
Why do we have seasons?
Why does the Moon have phases?
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Some places to go
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The
Night sky (October 1998) from the Electronic Telegraph (London, UK)
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NinePlanets
Multimedia A tour of the Solar System from the University of Arizona
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Comet Home Page
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album of Messier
objects (nebulae, galaxies, clusters, etc)
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NGC Images on the Net
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The Royal Greenwich Observatory
online leaflets
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AstroWeb
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Educational resources
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Handbook of Space Astronomy
and Astrophysics
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Norway's Northen
Lights Planetarium, a great place to learn about the Aurorae.
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The Solar
System
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"A Survey
of Astronomy", a Course at Eckerd College, Florida
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Astronomy Picture
of the Day
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Hidden Galaxies
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BadAstronomy, points out some
really baad misconceptions about astronomy which find their way into popular
culture via movies, TV, etc.
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Prospects for Interstellar
Travel, or not!
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