Astronomy Class Site Map

Introduction

1. Observing Stars & Constellations & Other Things Out There
   1. What are Constellations?
   2. Movements in the sky
   3. Stellar Coordinate Systems
      1. Using a planisphere or Star Chart
          
   4. The Ecliptic (& its significance)
   5. Distances in space
   6. Examples of Constellations
       
   7. Observing tools...
      1. Binoculars
      2. Telescopes
      1. Reflecting.
      2. Refracting.
      3. Mirrors, and Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes.
      4. Power and Focal Ratio.
   8. Astrophotography and CCDs.
    
2. Spacecraft, to get outside the atmosphere, or to actually go there.
    
3. Astronomy throughout History
    
4. The Solar System
   1. The Sun - Earth - Moon System
   2. Eclipses of the
      1. Sun and
      2. Moon
   3. Earth's Moon
   4. Strays and Orphans
   1. Comets
      1. The Oort cloud
      2. The Kuiper Belt
   2. Asteroids
   3. Meteors
      1. Meteor Crater, AZ
      2. Dinosaur Killer
      3. Life Evidence from Mars
5. Stars
   1. Our Sun
   2. Brightness
   3. Distance
   4. Binaries and More

    

6. Stellar Evolution
1. H-R Diagram
2. Supernova to Pulsar, Neutron Star,
3. or Black Hole
    
7. Our Galaxy, the Milky Way

   In addition to stars, it's made up of... . .  .  .

   1. Nebulae
   2. Clusters
   3. Interstellar space
       
8. Galaxies
   1. Types of galaxies
   2. Quasars and Other Weird Things
       
9. More of the Universe
   1. Cosmology
   2. Relativity

Updated 11/04/07 15:45