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Introduction to Astrophysics
Andrew Liddle
Movie credit: The Virgo consortium
Introduction to Astrophysics
Department of Physics and AstronomyTerm 1, Autumn 2005
Aims: to explain primarily at a descriptive level the contents, dimensions and history of the Universe. This will include a survey of the basic astronomical tools, and will seek to explain the way in which some basic physical laws can be applied in order to understand the observed phenomena.
Course times
The course has two lectures per week, which are
Monday at 11am and Thursday at 3pm
both in Chichester 3R241.
These are supported by a weekly workshop on
Friday at 9am
in Pevensey 2A12. All classes will start promptly.
As the course is just starting, there will be no workshop on Friday 7th.
Assessment
Assessment for Introduction to Astrophysics is entirely based on
coursework carried out during the term.
There will be four problem sheets, each contributing 10% of the
overall assessment, and one end-of-term quiz contributing 60%.
The quiz will take place in the workshop session of week 9, i.e. on
Friday December 2nd.
The marks for this course do not contribute to your final degree
result, but you may be required to pass it to progress to the second
year, depending on your degree program and overall average.
Lecturer
Andrew Liddle Arundel room 204
a.liddle@sussex.ac.uk
Office hour: Thursday 11:30 to 12:30. Please try and
use it and the workshop in the first instance if you
have problems.
Check out the course WWW site for additional
information and links to useful resources.
On the WWW
Please bookmark the course WWW page, as given in the
course document, for later use:
astronomy.susx.ac.uk/~andrewl/intast.html
As well as giving up-to-date course information, the page will
contain links to various electronic resources supporting this
course. For example, you will easily be able to follow links to
find the pictures you are about to see.
The WWW site will include access to all the PowerPoint
slides for the lectures, building up as term proceeds.
Course textbooks
For astronomy students and other keen students, I suggest
21st Century Astronomy by Hester et al, though it is on
the expensive side.
If you are on a tight budget, Introductory Astronomy by
Holliday is an alternative.
Your course document lists several other books that you might
find useful for consultation in the library.
If you buy on the internet, don’t go straight to Amazon. Use www.bookbrain.co.uk to get the best deal.
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The Hubble Space Telescope
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What can we see with the Hubble Space Telescope?
NEPTUNE
URANUS
MARS
STARS
STAR CLUSTER
GLOBULAR STAR CLUSTER
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THE EAGLE NEBULA
THE RING NEBULA
ETA CARINAE: A DYING STAR
THE HOURGLASS NEBULA
A SPIRAL GALAXY
A GALAXY UNDERGOING STARBURSTS
THE CARTWHEEL GALAXY
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And that was all just showing optical wavelength radiation ….
Reminder: what’s next
Next “Introduction to Astrophysics” Class:
Thursday at 3pm
(no class on Friday morning)