Links - PHYS 142/143 textbook and software
Virtual Astronomy Labs
Sky and Telescope Magazine
Downloads - Powerpoint Presentation Guidelines (.doc)
"Life Beyond Earth" study questions (.doc)
Astronomical Image Enhancement Exercise (.doc)
Spectroscopy Exercise (.doc)
Introduction to Telescopes Exercise (.doc)
Internet Scavenger Hunt (.doc)
Astronomy In Art | Art In Astronomy (.doc)

Red Eye Galaxy
Tentative list of topics - January 29 - Constellations and the Celestial Sphere; Introduction to the Star and Planet Locator (SPL)
February 5 - Introduction to Astronomical Telescopes; The Sky^TM Exercise: Setting your location and time (parts of chapters 3 and 4)
February 12 - Optics in Astronomy; outdoor observations (with clear skies) or Virtual Astronomy Lab: Properties of Light and Its Interaction With Matter
February 19 - The Sky^TM Exercise: Locating Celestial Objects in the Sky; Virtual Astronomy Lab: Astronomical Distance Scales
February 26 - Internet Scavenger Hunt; Virtual Astronomy Lab: Solar Wind and Cosmic Rays
March 5 - Virtual Astronomy Lab: Extrasolar Planets; outdoor observations (with clear skies) or The Sky^TM Exercise: Seasons in the Sky
March 12 - Virtual Astronomy Labs: Stellar Explosions, Novae, and Supernovae/Neutron Stars and Pulsars
March 19 - SPRING BREAK
March 26 - The Sky^TM Exercise: Phases and Eclipses in the Sky
April 2 - Spectroscopy Lab; Virtual Astronomy Lab: General Relativity and Black Holes
April 9 - Easter Monday holiday
April 16 - Astronomical Image Processing; CCD Photography
April 23 - PRESENTATIONS; Make-ups
April 30 - PRESENTATIONS; Make-ups

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Please send comments to gnoe at vwc dot edu
Last revised: April 10, 2007