A2310: General Astronomy

Lecture:
        Dr. Michael (Mike) Pierce (TTh 11:00 - 12:15 am, STEM 180)
        Office: PS206
        Phone: 766-6102
        Email: mpierce@uwyo.edu
        Office Hours: Wed. 1:30 - 3:30 pm,

Lab:
        Tyler Ellis Wood (Thurs. 7:00pm - 9:00 pm, STEM 180)
        Office: PS109
        Phone: 766-3162        Email:(tellis8@uwyo.edu)
        Office Hours: TBD
              

Discussion:
        Michael Pierce (Thurs. 3:10 - 4:00 pm, STEM 180)
        Office: PS206
        Phone: 766-6102        Email:(mpierceuwyo.edu)
        Office Hours: see above
              
              

General Announcements

Class Resources

Syllabus and Class Schedules:

        Syllabus(PDF)

Preliminaries:

         Graphing with Excel (PDF)

Class Lectures:

        Lecture_01(PDF)

        Lecture_02(PDF)

        Lecture_03(PDF)

        Lecture_04(PDF)

        Lecture_05(PDF)

        Lecture_06(PDF)

        Lecture_07(PDF)

        Lecture_08(PDF)

        Lecture_09(PDF)

        Lecture_10(PDF)

        Lecture_11(PDF)

        Lecture_12(PDF)

        Lecture_13(PDF)

        Lecture_14(PDF)

Weekly Homework Assignments:

Using the Rooftop Telescope:

        STAR Telescope

Additional Internet Resources

    Math Review:

         SOS Math

    Java Applets for Astronomy:

         Apparent Motion of a Star
         Rotational Motion
         Planetary Motion
         Keppler's Second Law
         Electromagnetic Wave
         Interference of Light
         Doppler Effect
         Google Sky

    Android Applets for Astronomy:

         Top 10 Astronomy Apps

    Problem Solving Strategies:

         Problem Solving Strategies

    Celestial Sphere:

         Nice Open Source Planetarium Software
         Google Sky

    Time & Calendars:

         Time Zones & Calendars
         Sidereal Time
         Sidereal Time Calculator

    Telescopes:

         History of the Telescope
         List of the World's Largest Optical Telescopes
         List of the World's Largest Radio Telescopes

    Solar System Overview:

         The Nine Planets: Beautiful Site on Solar System

    Solar Images:

         Ground-based Images of the Sun
         Great Images and Movies of the Sun From Space

    Terrestrial Planets:

         Mercury
         Radar Images of Venus (Magellan)
         Surface of Venus (Venera)
         Earth
         Earth's Weather
         Libration (Wobble) Video of the Moon
         Images of the Moon
         Apollo Image Archive
         The Lastest on Mars
         Mars Rover (Spirit)
         Mars Rover (Curiosity)
         Mars Rover Multimedia
         Mars from Orbit
         Explanation of Feedback Processes in Climate Models

    Comets & Asteroids:

         NEAR Mission to Asteriod Eros
         Deep Impact Mission to Comet Temple-1

    Giant Planets:

         Galileo Mission to Jupiter
         Saturn Cassini Mission
         Voyager Mission to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
         Nice Overview of Pluto & the Kuiper Belt

    Exoplanets:

         Exoplanets Data Base and Resources
         Potentially Habitable Extrasolar Planets

   Various Pretty Pictures:
        Astronomy Picture of the Day
         Space Telescope Images (Hubble Heritage)
         More Space Telescope Images

    Amateur Astronomy:
         Getting Started in Amateur Astronomy
         How to Choose a Telescope
         Sky & Telescope Magazine
         Astronomy Magazine
         Amateur Telescope Reviews and Used Equipment
         Laramie Astronomical Society
         Denver Astronomical Society