Galaxies and Cosmology Useful Links

Course links

• Syllabus (PDF)
• Textbook Homepage
• Introductory Astronomy Notes - from my course in case you need a refresher

Test #2

Powerpoint notes

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapters 4 & 5
• Chapters 6 - part 1
• Chapter 6 - part 2
• Formula that you'll need (chapters 1 - 6)

  Second half of course notes

• Chapter 7
• Chapters 8 & 9
• Chapter 10 - you don't really need to print these
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12 & 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Second set of formula/tables

End Notes

• End notes 1-8
• End notes 9-15
• End notes 16-21
• End notes 22-27
• End notes 28-29

Homework Links

• Homework #1 (PDF)
  • NED - NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
• Homework #2 (PDF)
  • Globular Cluster program
  • Globular Cluster data
• Homework #3 (PDF)
  • Spider Diagram program
• Homework #4 (PDF)
  • Cepheid P-L Program
  • Astronomy Abstracts
• Last Homework!
  • Supernova Redshift Hubble Diagram

General Astro Information and data bases

• Journals/Papers - Most only available from UNI computers
  • arXiv.org preprint
  • Astronomical Journal
  • Astrophysical Journal
  • Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Astrophysical Journal Supplement
  • Publ. of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - only 2 most recent issues available with registration
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - to get papers contact me
  • Science - to get copies of articles contact me
  • Nature
• NED - NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
• Astronomy Abstracts
• SIMBAD - Object identification
• IAUC Bulletins -  Supernova, Nova discoveries
• Catalogues and Tables at Centre de Donnees Astronomiques de Strasbourg (France)
• Digitized Sky Survey - Images of the Sky

Telescopes and other instruments

• Hubble Space Telescope
• Cosmic Background Projects - COBE, WMAP, etc.
• General list of large scale surveys

Stars

• List of recent supernova
• Comprehensive recent supernova list
• All supernova
• High Redshift Supernova Search

The Milky Way

• Milky Way in many wavelengths
• Milky Way facts
• Galaxies - Cambridge

Nebula and Galaxies

• Galaxy Overview
• Galaxies - Cambridge
• The Web Nebulae
• Messier Web site
• NGC/IC Project - Galaxies, nebula, etc.
• Interactive NGC/IC/Messier Catalog
• Arp Catalog of Peculiar Galaxies

Cosmology

• Cosmology Tutorial
• Cosmology - Cambridge
• Cosmological Constant
• WMAP - Cosmology Info