This book covers the following topics: Introduction and Fundamental
Principles, Basic Assumptions, Theorems, and Polytropes, Sources and Sinks of
Energy, Flow of Energy through the Star and Construction of Stellar Models,
Theory of Stellar Evolution, Relativistic Stellar Structure, Structure of
Distorted Stars, Stellar Pulsation and Oscillation, The Flow of Radiation
Through the Atmosphere, Solution of the Equation of Radiative Transfer,
Environment of the Radiation Field, Construction of a Model Stellar Atmosphere,
Formation of Spectral Lines, Shape of Spectral Lines, Breakdown of Local
Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Beyond the Normal Stellar Atmosphere.
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 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.