Astronomy 310/510: Topics in Modern Astronomy

Piez 328, MTWThF, 9.00-11.45am.

Fall 2006

Dr. Shashi M. Kanbur, 124A Snygg Hall

Phone: 412-2679
Email: kanbur@oswego.edu
Office Hours: Monday:1-3pm, Wednesday 1-3pm or call or email to make an appointment
Course Website: http://www.physics.oswego.edu/~kanbur/ast310/index.html
Textbook: The Cosmic Perspective, fourth edition I, by Bennett et al

  • The following web site is very useful - we will be using the software for some exercises on astrometery, the HR diagram and cosmology:CLEA website

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  • Lecture 1a: Recap on light and matter: here

  • Lecture 1b: Further summary on light and matter: here

  • Lecture 1c: Notes on the Doppler effect: here

  • Lecture 1d: Notes on the classification of Stellar Spectra: here

  • Lecture 1e: Notes on understanding of Stellar Spectra: here

  • The Solar Spectrum can be seen : here

  • And also here

  • Some stellar spectra can be seen here

  • A worksheet on light and matter is here

  • A summary is here

  • The hydrogen Balmer series is here

  • And here

  • A summary of stellar evolution is here

  • Notes on the HR diagram are here

  • A ZAMS CMD daigram here

  • A 3myr CMD diagram here

  • A 10myr CMD diagram here

  • The Pleiades CMD diagram here

  • Comparison of the Pleiades CMD diagram and theoretical isochrones here

  • A globular cluster HR diagram is here

  • A worksheet on globular cluster HR diagrams is here

  • A stellar isochrone calculator is here

  • Introductory stuff on the Sun is here

  • Intro to solar oscillations is here

  • Also here

  • A link to some work on solar oscillations is here

  • Watch the Sun boil here

  • These solar oscillations can be converted to sounds here

  • Some notes on solar oscillations are here

  • A Fourier transform of solar oscillation data and solar p modes are here

  • Some info about solar Dopplergrams is here

  • 30 minute averaged Dopplergrams of the Sun here

  • Notes on pulsating variable stars are here

  • More notes on Cepheids are here

  • A demo on the Cepheid PL relation is here

  • Notes on stellar populations are here

  • A worksheet on Cepheids and stellar populations is here

  • Another revision worksheet on what we have done so far is here

  • Some revision notes on galaxies are here

  • Some notes on galatic rotation curves are here

  • Some more notes on galaxies are here

  • Notes on galaxy evolution are here

  • A worksheet on galaxies is here

  • Notes on Dark Matter are here

  • Notes on the Big Bang Theory are here

  • A worksheet on the Dark Matter and the Big Bang Theory are here