
Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy
by Prather, Edward E.; Slater, Tim P.; Adams, Jeff P.; Brissenden, Gina; CAPERRent Textbook
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Summary
Table of Contents
The Night Sky | |
Position | |
Motion | |
Seasonal Stars | |
Solar vs. Sidereal Day | |
Ecliptic | |
Star Charts | |
Fundamentals of Astronomy | |
Keplerrsquo;s 2 nd Law | |
Keplerrsquo;s 3 rd Law | |
Newtonrsquo;s Laws and Gravity | |
Apparent and Absolute Magnitudes of Stars | |
The Parsec | |
Parallax and Distance | |
Spectroscopic Parallax | |
Nature of Light in Astronomy | |
The Electromagnetic (EM) Spectrum of Light | |
Telescopes and Earthrsquo;s Atmosphere | |
Luminosity, Temperature and Size | |
Blackbody Radiation | |
Types of Spectra | |
Light and Atoms | |
Analyzing Spectra | |
Doppler Shift | |
Our Solar System | |
The Cause of Moon Phases | |
Predicting Moon Phases | |
Path of Sun | |
Seasons | |
Observing Retrograde Motion | |
Earthrsquo;s Changing Surface | |
Temperature and Formation of Our Solar System | |
Sun Size | |
Stars Galaxies and Beyond | |
H-R Diagram | |
Star Formation and Lifetimes | |
Binary Stars | |
The Motion of Extrasolar Planets | |
Stellar Evolution | |
Milky Way Scales | |
Galaxy Classification | |
Looking at Distant Objects | |
Expansion of the Universe | |
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