Physics
152-01
Astronomy
Spring 2013
Instructor: Martin Hackworth
Take a field
trip in visceral physics .
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Physics
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| PHYS 152-01 - 11:00 - 12:00, M, W, F PSC 140 | 152 Syllabus |
My office hours:
PS 117B After class (as long as needed) M, W., or
by appointment
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 my
email, our class page
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Exam Policy, Calculator Policy | |
 Announcements/FAQ
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Scores (Spring 12) | Current Events in Astronomy |
PHYS 152 Exam Schedule
| Exam 1 - Friday February 1 |
Exam
2 - Friday February 22
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Exam
3 - Friday March 15
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Exam
4 - Friday April 5
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Exam 5 - Friday April 26 |
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Final
- Wed May 8, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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All
course notes and lecture materials posted at this site are copyright 1997 -
2013 by Martin Hackworth. All other copyrighted materials are used with permission. | The following links contain instructor notes and student notes for this course. It is recommended that you wait to download instructor notes until we are near the pertinent unit as these are subject to modification. The instructor makes no claims of accuracy in notes other than his own. Student notes are provided for for the writing impaired and have been posted without editing. |
| Science vs. Pseudoscience: a great site from PHY105 at Syracuse U: notes, more dubious stuff,my flippant comments about acupuncture were pretty close to the truth! |
| Overview
of the Cosmos: notes, student
notes, student notes, student
notes, Powers
of 10. Very Cool. Submitted by Connie Gomez |
| Historical
Astronomy: notes, student
notes, student notes, The Astronomy of Ancient
China,The Astronomy of the Ancient Middle
East, The Astronomy of the Ancient Americas,
Other Cultures, Chapter
1, Arny |
| Gravity/Motion: notes, student notes, Chapter 2, Arny |
| The Electromagnetic Spectrum: notes1, notes2, student notes, student notes, a great link on various spectral types Chapter 3, Arny, Doppler Shift |
| Celestial Coordinates: notes, student notes |
| Telescopes: notes, student notes, student notes Chapter 4, Arny |
| The Earth and Moon: notes, notes, formation of the moon (from National Geographic), student notes, student notes, student notes, student notes, student notes Chapters 5 - 6, Arny |
| Earth
and Moon continued: anthropogenic
global warming,
Earth's atmosphere,
Earth's
Energy Balance (courtesy of NASA submitted by Shannon Amy),
Earth's magnetic
field, the Greenhouse
Effect, |
Time
and The Calendar: notes  |
| The Solar System: notes, student notes student notes, student notes, student notes, Orbital Synchronization, The Retrograde Rotation of Venus (one theory), student notes The Face on Mars, Chapters 7 - 10, Arny, The Jovian atmosphere. Earth Impact Calculator (submitted by Forrest Fisher), large scale atmospheric circulation, Comets I, II, III |
| Stars I: notes, student notes Chapters 11 - 13, Arny |
| The Sun I: notes, student notes, radio astronomy |
| Having trouble with astronomy calculations on your TI-30XA? Help is available here. |
| The Sun II: notes, student notes, a solar storm (courtesy of Briana Maas) |
| The Stars II: notes, student notes |
| Stars III: notes, student notes, student notes |
| Stellar Evolution: notes, student notes |
| Stellar Remnants: notes Chapter 14, Arny Black Holes I, II, III, IV |
| The Milky Way: notes Chapter 15, Arny, Milky Way/Andromeda collision |
| Relativity: notes |
