Stars course data

Notes

Let's refer to these differently
• Notes #1 - formerly Week 1 notes
• Notes #2
• Notes #3
• Notes #4
• Notes #5 - Posted March 27th
• Notes #6 - Posted April 2nd
• Notes #7 - Posted April 8th
• Notes #8 - Posted April 15th
• Notes #9 - Posted April 23rd - LAST SET OF NOTES!

For homework assignments

Simbad Lookup - only works from on-campus computers!!!

B-V - Temperature Converter - Homework #1

Equation of state - Homework #2

Polytropic Models - Homework #3

Evolution Program - Zip file - Homework #4

Constants - pretty much all homeworks....

General Astro Information and data bases

• Notes for intro class
• AstroWeb - General Astro Index
• Abstract Service
• Simbad Database
• Astronomical Journal
• Astrophysical Journal
• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplementary Series
• M.N.R.A.S.
• Sky and Telescope Magazine
• IAUC Bulletins
• Space Calendar (J.P.L.)
• Catalogues and Tables at Centre de Donnees Astronomiques de Strasbourg (France)
• National Space Science Data Center
• Digitized Sky Survey
• Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS)
• SkyView
• Working Group on Astronomical Education
• Linda Hall Library - Online historical atlases
• NASA News headlines

Telescopes and other instruments

• Hubble Space Telescope
• Hipparcos Satellite
• Galileo Space Craft
• Mars Pathfinder Mission
• Mars Global Surveyor Mission
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO)
• Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
• Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE)
• Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
• University of Iowa Automated Telescope Facilty
• Bradford Robotic Telescope (U.K.)
• Santa Barbara Remote Observing

Stars, Nebulae and Galaxies

• Constellations - Hawaii Astron. Soc.
• Constellations (Oklahoma Baptist Univ. Planetarium Page).
• Constellation (Univ. of Wisconsin)
• Constellations (Fremont High School, Michigan)
• Tests for Visual Magnitudes of stars
• McMaster Cepheid Data Base
• Galactic Cepheid Data Base
• The Web Nebulae
• Messier Web site
• NGC/IC Project - Galaxies, nebula, etc.
• Interactive NGC/IC/Messier Catalog
• List of recent supernova
• Comprehensive recent supernova list
• Another list of recent supernova - Harvard