This web page contains all handouts and slides from the Introduction to
Astronomy lecture. It will be continuously updated
throughout the term, so check back regularly.
Week
Number |
Dates |
Chapter
or Speaker |
Subject |
Handouts |
Exercises |
Notes and Links |
Further Reading |
|---|
| 1 |
7 Oct |
1 |
Introduction |
Administrative Matters;
Handout |
No Exercise Class! |
| 2 |
14, 18 Oct |
7.1-7.9, 6 |
The Solar System: Overview & Origin |
Summary Questions;
Answers |
Exercises;
Solutions |
Solar-System
formation
clip;
Solar-System
Bodies;
Propagation
of Seismic waves |
Armitage, 2007 |
| 3 |
21, 25 Oct |
7.9-7.13 |
The Planets Close Up |
Summary Questions;
Answers |
Exercises;
Solutions |
Mercury;
Venus;
Venus 2;
Earth;
Moon;
Mars. |
Planetary Dynamos;
Lunar Eccentricity
|
| 4 |
28 Oct |
7.14-7.18 |
Other Solar-System Bodies |
Summary Questions;
Answers
|
All Saint's Day
|
Jupiter & Saturn;
Uranus & Neptune;
Pluto & Charon;
NEA Discoveries;
NEA Animation;
Comet Hale-Bopp
|
Basic information on the Sun;
Advanced information;
Upcoming comets;
Interiors of the Gas Giants
|
| 5 |
4, 8 Nov |
12 |
The Sun |
Summary Questions;
Answers |
Exercises;
Solutions |
Solar Structure;
Granules;
Supergranules;
Eclipse (Chromosphere);
Voyager;
Voyager measurements;
Magnetic field (mov);
Magnetic field (fig) |
Rosetta Mission (Philae comet lander)
|
| 6 |
11, 15 Nov |
8, 5 |
Stellar Spectra |
Summary Questions;
Answers |
Exercises;
Solutions |
Blackbody
spectra;
Hydrogen
lines;
Harvard Classification System |
Star Formation;
Sunspot Cycle
|
| 7 |
18, 22 Nov |
11 |
Stellar Evolution |
Summary Questions;
Answers |
Exercises;
Solutions |
M13
HR Diagram;
Evolution;
Planetary
Nebula;
Swift
Supernova |
AGB
Stars;
In-depth reference |
| 8 |
25, 29 Nov |
10 |
Stellar Structure |
Summary Questions;
Answers |
Exercises;
Solutions |
Some binaries;
Eclipsing
binary |
Video on
binary stars;
Hypernovae |
| 9 |
2, 6 Dec |
9 |
Binary Stars |
Summary Questions;
Answers
|
Exercises;
Solutions
|
NS Interior;
Pulsar Sounds;
PSR
B1913+16 GW decay;
P-Pdot diagram;
Black Hole;
Event Horizon
|
Pulsar
Animations;
EoS
test;
|
| 10 |
9, 13 Dec |
14 |
Compact Stars |
Summary Questions;
Answers
|
Exercises;
Solutions
|
Pulsating
Variable;
Variables
in HR Diagram;
|
BH spin review;
BH spin graphic
|
| 11 |
16, 20 Dec |
13, 4 |
Variable Stars |
Summary Questions;
Answers
|
Exercises;
Solutions
|
Open
Cluster HR Diagram;
Pleiades;
M3
CM Diagram;
M3 image
|
| 12 |
6, 10 Jan |
16,15 |
Star Clusters and Associations; The ISM |
Summary Questions;
Answers
|
Exercises;
Solutions
|
WIM
(H-α);
WNM
(H-I);
CO
(molecular gas) |
Ferrière Review |
| 13 |
13, 17 Jan |
15, 3 |
The ISM |
Summary Questions;
Answers
|
Exercises;
Solutions
|
Milky Way;
Sag A* orbits;
|
Astrometry |
| 14 |
20, 24 Jan |
17, 18 |
The Milky Way |
Summary Questions;
Answers
|
Exercises;
Solutions
|
Sketch ;
Dame l-v diagram;
Clemens rotation curve;
Spiral Arms;
Gaia Precision
Stellar Luminosity Function (Miller & Scalo, 1979);
Hubble Sequence;
|
Galaxy Classification |
| 15 |
27, 31 Jan |
19, 20 |
Galaxies |
Summary Questions;
Answers
|
Exercises;
Solutions
|
Ellipticals;
Lenticular galaxy;
Spirals;
Magellanic Clouds;
AGN
Galaxy Luminosity Function (Smith, Loveday & Cross 2009);
2dF slice;
Millennium Run
|
At the exam, you will get a formula sheet, with formulae and
constants. For your reference, this sheet is also available 
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