Carina Jet via Hubble
Radiation & the Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 3 Slides*
- Blackbody Curves Simulator
- Blackbody Radiation Tutorial*
- Solar Eclipse Viewed in X-ray “Light”*
- Comet Impact on Jupiter in Infrared Light*
- Doppler Effect Tutorial*
- Earth Aurora in X-rays Animation*
- Fresnel Diffraction Animation*
- Multispectral Animation of Orion Nebula*
- Lecture-Tutorials & ConcepTests
- Wave ConcepTest
- #14 Electromagnetic Spectrum of Light*
- #17 Blackbody Radiation*
- Blackbody Curve Explorer
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation
- Electromagnetic Radiation
Class Notes: Table of Contents
Spectroscopy
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 4 Slides*
- Hydrogen Atom Simulator
- Blackbody Curves Filter Explorer
- Emission Spectra Tutorial*
- Classical Hydrogen Atom Animation part 1* & part 2*
- Absorption Spectra Tutorial*
- Photon Emission Animation*
- Lecture-Tutorials & ConcepTests
- #18 Types of Spectra*
- #19 Light and Atoms*
- #20 Analyzing Spectra*
- #21 Doppler Shift*
- Labs & Activities
- Hydrogen atom simulator lab
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation
- How Atoms Produce Spectra
- Discrete Spectrum
Class Notes: Table of Contents
Telescopes
- Feb 10, 2010 Lab
- Deep Sky Scavenger Hunt
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 5 Slides*
- Reflecting Telescopes Flash Demo*
- Hubble Space Telescope in Orbit Video*
- Deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope Video*
- Gemini Control Room Video*
- Speckle Imaging Video*
- Adaptive Optics Video*
- Chandra Light and Data Paths Video*
- Lecture-Tutorials, Labs, Flash Tutorials,& ConcepTests
- #15 Telescopes & the Earth’s Atmosphere*
- Chromatic Aberration Flash Tutorial*
- The Optics of a Simple Lens Tutorial*
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation
- Telescopes
Class Notes: Table of Contents
The Sun
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 16 Slides*
- Coronal Mass Ejections movie*
- Solar Chromosphere movie*
- Solar Flare movie*
- Solar Granulation movie*
- Sunspot movie*
- Super SS Voyage To The Sun Tutorial*
- Tritium Helium Fusion movie*
- Lecture-Tutorials, Video Questions, & ConcepTests
- The Universe: Secrets of the Sun Questions
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation
- The Sun: An Average Star
- The Sun’s Power Source
Class Notes: Table of Contents
Introduction to Stellar Astronomy
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 17 Slides*
- Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Explorer
- Binary Stars Radial Velocity Flash Tutorial*
- Eclipsing Binary Stars Flash Tutorial*
- H-R Diagram Flash Tutorial*
- Inverse Square Law Video*
- White Dwarfs in Globular Cluster Video*
- Lecture-Tutorials, Video Questions, & ConcepTests
- Parallax Lecture Tutorial*
- H-R Diagram Lecture Tutorial*
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation – Stellar Properties
- Stars: What are they like?
- Types of Stars and the H-R Diagram
Class Notes: Table of Contents
Nebulae & the Interstellar Medium
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 18 Slides*
- Gaseous Pillars Star Birth Video*
- Horsehead Nebula Video*
- Infrared View of Nebulae Video*
- M16 The Eagle Nebula Video*
- Orion Nebula Mosaic Video*
- Pillars Behind The Dust Video*
- Tarantula Nebula Video*
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation – Interstellar Medium
- The Interstellar Medium (ISM)
- ISM: Dust
- ISM: Gas
Class Notes: Table of Contents
Star Formation
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 19 Slides*
- Stellar Birth Video*
- Binary Brown Dwarfs Flash Tutorial*
- Protostars Video*
- Herbig Haro Objects Video*
- Bi Polar Outflow Video*
- Triggered Star Formation Video*
- Carina Nebula Video*
- Evolution of 1 Solar Mass Star Flash Tutorial*
- Lecture-Tutorials, Video Questions, Lab, & ConcepTests
- Star Formation and Lifetimes Lecture-Tutorial*
- H-R Diagram Explorer Lab
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation – Stellar Evolution
- Mass Dependence
- Stellar Evolution Stages
Class Notes: Table of Contents
Life & Death of A Star
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 20 Slides*
- H-R Diagram Tracks Stellar Evolution*
- Red Giant Evolution Video*
- Death of the Sun Part I Video*
- Death of the Sun Part II Video*
- Helix Nebula Formation Video*
- Helix Nebula Video*
- Helix Nebula White Dwarf Video*
- White Dwarf Cooling Sequence Video*
- Bi-Polar Planetary Nebula Video*
- Light Echo Video*
- Lecture-Tutorials, Video Questions, & ConcepTests
- Stellar Evolution Lecture-Tutorial*
- CMD-Age-Distance Lecture-Tutorial* – HR Diagram Cluster Fitting Explorer
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation – Stellar Evolution
- Stellar Evolution
- Stellar Evolution Stages
- Stellar Nucleosynthesis
Class Notes: Table of Contents
Novae & Supernovae
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 21 Slides*
- Visualization of supernova explosion
- Recurrent Nova*
- Shockwaves Hit the Ring of Supernova 1987A*
- Composition and Structure of the Ring Around Supernova 1987A*
- Structure of Supernova*
- Supernova Explosion*
- Supernova Remnant in Cassiopeia*
- Lecture-Tutorials, Video Questions, & ConcepTests
- The Universe: Supernovae
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation – Supernovae & Novae
- Stellar Remnants
- Novae & Supernovae Type Ia
- White Dwarfs
Class Notes: Table of Contents
Black Holes & Neutron Stars
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 22 Slides*
- Falling into a Schwarzchild Black Hole Video
- Pulsar in Crab Nebula*
- X-ray Binary Star*
- Colliding Binary Neutron Stars*
- Energy Released from a Black Hole?*
- Black Hole and Companion Star*
- Black Hole Devours Neutron Star*
- Black Hole Geometry*
- Supermassive Black Hole*
- Black Hole in the Center of M31*
- Lecture-Tutorials, Video Questions, & ConcepTests
- Event Horizon Tutorial Flash Movie*
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation – Black Holes & Neutron Stars
- Neutron Stars
- Pulsars
- Black Holes
Class Notes: Table of Contents
The Milky Way
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 23 Slides*
- Cepheid Variable Star in Distant Galaxy Video*
- Rotating Globular Cluster Video*
- X-Ray View of Galactic Core Video*
- Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way? Video*
- Gravitational Lensing Flash Tutorial*
- Lecture-Tutorials, Video Questions, & ConcepTests
- Milky Way Scales*
- Looking At Distant Objects*
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation – The Milky Way Galaxy
- The Milky Way
- Our Location in the Galaxy
Class Notes: Table of Contents
Intro to Galactic Astronomy
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 24 Slides*
- The Evolution of Galaxies*
- Active Galaxy*
- Eruption of a Supermassive Black Hole*
- M87 Jet*
- Birth of a Quasar*
- Lecture-Tutorials, Labs, & ConcepTests
- Galaxy Classification Lecture-Tutorial*
- GalaxyZoo Hubble Lab
- Cosmic Distance Ladder
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation – Galactic Astronomy
- Type of Galaxies (tuning fork diagram)
- Positions in our sky
- Hubble Law
- Active Galaxies
- Power Source for Active Galaxies
Class Notes: Table of Contents
Large-Scale Galactic Structure
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 25 Slides*
- Starburst Galaxy*
- Galaxy Collision I*
- Galaxy Collision II*
- Hubble Deep Field Zoom I*
- Hubble Deep Field Zoom II*
- Galaxy Merger*
- Cluster Merger*
- How a Gravitational Lens Works*
- Simulation of Gravitational Lens in Space*
- The Cosmic Web of Dark Matter*
- Dark Matter Collision*
- Bullet Cluster Collision*
- Concept Check Questions
- Large-scale Galactic Structure Questions*
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation – Galactic Astronomy
- Masses of Galaxies
- Clusters of Galaxies
- Galaxy Superclusters
- Galaxy Origins
Class Notes: Table of Contents
Introduction to Cosmology
- Slides & Demos
- Chapter 26 Slides*
- Gravitational Curvature of Space*
- The Big Bang*
- Lecture-Tutorial
- Expansion of the Universe L-T*
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation – Intro to Cosmology
- Cosmology Introduction
- Cosmological Principal
- Olber’s Paradox
- Critical Density
Class Notes: Table of Contents
The Early Universe
- Slides & Videos
- Chapter 27 Slides*
- The First Stars Reionize the Universe*
- Cosmic Evolution*
- Ripples in the Early Universe*
- COBE and WMAP View of Cosmic Microwave Background*
- AstronomyNotes.com correlation – The Early Universe
- Evidence for the Big Bang
- Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Class Notes: Table of Contents
