Virtual Handouts
PY124 - Solar System Astronomy:
Throughout the semester as
needed:
Dictionary for this class:
www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/AstroDictionary.html"
First week of class:
Homework in the textbook: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/124bookhomework.html
Atmospheric effects: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/atmospheric_effects.html
Astronomical symbols: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/astrosymbols.html
Stars and Constellations: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/constellations.html
Second week
of class:
Celestial sphere: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/Celestial_Sphere.html
Time: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/time.html
Right Ascension: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/Right_Ascension.html
Declination: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/Declination.html
Positions from Celestial Observations: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/position.html
Third week
of class:
Planetary alignments: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/alignments.html
Phases of the Moon: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/phases_of_moon.html
Seasons: www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/seasons.html
Homework 1: www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/PY124Homework1.html
Week after
the first test:
Homework 2: www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/PY124Homework2.html
Homework in the textbook: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/124bookhomework.html
Week after
the second test:
Extrasolar Planets: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/secure124/extrasolar.html
Homework 3: www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/PY124Homework3.html
Homework in the textbook: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/124bookhomework.html