This
book covers the following topics: cosmological Observations, Cosmological Principle, Geometry, Linearized
General Relativity, Dynamics: a(t), Flatness-Oldness, Distant Objects, General
formula for angular sizes, Number Counts, Gamma Ray Bursts, Evolution of Diffuse
Backgrounds, Effects from Electron Scattering, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, Last
Scattering, Horizon Problem, Inflationary Scenario, Fluctuations from Inflation,
Perturbations, Two Fluid Approximation, Acoustic Scale, Cluster of Galaxies,
Gravitational Lensing.
This note covers the following
topics: classical mechanics and accretion theory, Vector fields and finite
differencing, Fitting data, Light propagation, Scaling laws and dimensions,
Euler Lagrange equations, Globular clusters, Angular momentum vector, Theory of
thin accretion disks, Binary evolution and bondi Hoyle Lyttleton accretion.
This note describes the
following topics: Astronomy History and science, Ancient Mesopotamian Astronomy,
Greek Astronomy, Islamic Astronomy, The Copernican Revolution, The Universe of
the 20th Century.
This book covers the following
topics: Orbits and Light, Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Solar System, Planetary System Formation,
The Sun, Properties of Stars, Interstellar Medium, Star Formation, Stellar
Evolution.
This note is a survey of observational
astronomy across the electromagnetic spectrum. Topics covered includes: overview
of current telescopes at all wavelengths, CCD basics, S/N and integration time,
some basic concepts, Optical and UV, Telescopes and instruments, FITS data and
optical data reduction, Infrared and X-ray, Data archives, object
catalogs/databases, Statistics and regression analysis, Hard X-ray and
Gamma-ray, Radio, interferometry basics, Non-photon signals: neutrinos, cosmic
rays, gravity waves.
This note demonstrate
the extraordinary images flowing from the Hubble Space Telescope, this series
builds a picture of each stage in the life cycle of a star. An evening of star
viewing in the Blue Mountains is included.
This lecture note covers
the following topics: Motions of the Earth and moon, Motion and Gravity,
Renaissance Astronomy, Optical Telescopes, Space Exploration, Science and
Astronomy, The Solar System, Stellar Systems and Interstellar Matter, Galaxies
and the Universe.
Astronomy is the scientific study of the
universe as a whole, and of celestial bodies and the underlying physics
governing those bodies. This Wikibook introduces the reader to that tapestry and
the process that revealed it to humanity. It presents astronomy not only as a
field of knowledge, but also as a human endeavor in science.
This book covers the
following topics: What is Radio Astronomy, Early Radio Astronomy, The Radio
Universe, Radiation Fundamentals: Brightness and Flux, Radiative Transfer,
Blackbody Radiation, Larmor's Formula, CMB Radiation, Antenna Fundamentals,
Reflector Antennas, Filled Apertures, Radio Telescopes, Radiometers,
Interferometers, Thermal Emission, Nonthermal Emission, Pulsars and Spectral
Lines.
As such a book, The Elements of Astronomy, or the World as it
is, and as it appears, is offered by a teacher to the teaching and studying
public. Had the writer aimed only to excite an interest in the subject, it would
have been shorter and more attractive , but it is intended, likewise, to
exercise the student's memory, reason, and imagination.
This book covers
the following topics: Stellar and Galactic Astronomy, Interplanetary Dust,
Observations of Comet Kohoutek, Energetic Particle, The Earth's Atmosphere and
Orbital Environment.
This note covers the following topics:
Einstein's field equations, x-ray binaries and the search for black holes, the
universe, cosmic structure formation; From inflation to galaxies.
Author(s): Prof. Edmund Bertschinger and Prof. Edwin F. Taylor
Covered topics
are: What is a Galaxy?, Gravitational Potentials, Orbits in Spherical Potentials
and Integrals, Orbits in Axisymmetric Potentials,
Epicyclic Approximation, Equilibria of Stellar Systems,
Boltzmann Equation, Jeans' Equations in Spherical
Coordinates, Jeans' Equations Applied, Jeans' Theorem, Stability: Jeans Mass and
Spiral Structure, Gravitational Mirages (aka lenses) via Fermat's Principle,
Applied Gravitational Lensing, Weak
Lensing, Clusters of Galaxies, The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect, Cosmological Parameters, Growing Modes in Expanding
Universes: Jeans Redux.