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THE HOT BIG BANG MODEL
This guide covers the following topics: This note introduces the Big Bang cosmology and its successes, while emphasising its incompleteness and the areas in which Cambridge Relativity group members are working. A brief history of observational cosmology, A brief history of our Universe, The four pillars of the Hot Big Bang model, Shortcomings of the standard cosmology.
Author(s): Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
NA Pages 
Lecture Notes on Mathematical Astronomy
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.
Author(s): Maurice H P M van Putten
138 Pages
Lectures on the History of Astronomy
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.
Author(s): David J Jeffery
124 Pages
Modern Astronomical Techniques
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.
Author(s): Tesla Jeltema
NA Pages
Modern Astronomy Lives of the Stars
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.
Author(s): Helen Johnston
NA Pages