[Kebede Space and Condensed Matter  Physics Research]

[Space Science @NCAT]

PHYS101 on the Web and Astronomy Links


Instructor: Dr. Abebe Kebede
Office hours: TR: 10:00-12:00 noon
Office: Room 320 Marteena Hall

PRESS Picture of The Day


Course Objectives: To understand the universe, motion of heavenly bodies, formation and structure of stars, and the solar system.  We will cover the historical foundations of astronomy, as well as current knowledge of the universe.  You will gain an awareness of your place in the universe, comprehend the basic reasons for many physical phenomena, and understand the process of science. To get a copy of the syllabus please go to your blackboard account [YOU MUST HAVE A BLACKBOARD ACCOUNT]

Pictures taken by Celestron 14", Chile, on Janaury 24, 2006

The Messier Catalogue

CCD Images of Messier Objects

The Messier Objects

Excellent Example of work by High School Students

Retrograde motion simulation

Ptolemic System-Epicycle


Copernican System-Geocentric


Please click on the images to go to the web origination of the simulations

Go to Galaxy Table Here courtesy of University of Washingoton: These are the Galaxies that you will take pictures of using the TIE CHILE 14" Telescope, and you will compare your pictures of the pictures posted aty University of Washington website.
Galaxy Data Galaxy Data
NGC 1357 NGC 1832


NGC 2276 NGC 2775


NGC 2903 NGC 3034


NGC 3147 NGC 3227


NGC 3245 NGC 3310


NGC 3368 NGC 3471


NGC 3516 NGC 3623


NGC 3627 NGC 3941


NGC 4472 NGC 4631


NGC 4775 NGC 5248


NGC 5548 NGC 5866


NGC 6181 NGC 6217


NGC 6643 NGC 6764


NGC 7469



COURSE RELATED LINKS

[Valpo University Astro101 [Univeristy of Oregon ][Astronmy 122][Cellestial Sphere-Lecture][Excellent Lectures on Astronomy Topics][Cornell University]
[The Planets] [ CharlesWhitney Star Finder Page]

ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY


 

Virtual Libraries

Comprehensive Astronomy Links

The NASA connections

  • NASA Homepage
    • Other things to have a look at as the course progresses:

    The Hubble Space Telescope  site is an endless source of the highest quality astronomical images, especially at the Hubble Heritage site.

    There is lots of good stuff including orbit animations at the NASA Observatorium site.

    NASA has a great solar system simulator, and there's lots of info at SolarViews.

    There's an excellent animation of the geocentric and heliocentric world views here.

    The Cassini satellite is currently orbitting Saturn and learning lots of new things.

    An animated view of how stars evolve across the Hertzprung-Russell diagram here.

    Cool multimedia tour of the Sun and its physics here.

    For space missions, try the European Space Agency and NASA.

    I also like the SkyView virtual observatory, which can generate images of the different regions of the sky using many different kinds of radiation.

    Star formation movies at the UK Astrophysical Fluids Facility (UKAFF)

    A selection of cosmological simulations can be found here and here.

    Space News

  • American Astronomical Society