Astronomy
Astronomy is the science of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere, such as stars, planets, comets, aurorae, galaxies, and the cosmic background radiation. It is concerned with the formation and development of the universe, the evolution and physical and chemical properties of celestial objects and the calculation of their motions.
TODO
- Link to information about supernova/asteroid online searches
- Link to data sources
- Link to amateur astronomers societies (and get amateur astronomers to this page)
- Load in the astrophysics source code library
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Prerequisite knowlege
Beginners Astronomy
- Topic:Introduction to Astronomy
- Topic:Solar System and Stellar Astronomy
- Topic:Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy
- Topic:Cosmic Evolution
Outside related material
- Multivariable Calculus
- Introduction to differentiation
- Electricity and Magnetism in Physics
- Basic thermodynamics
- Introduction to Quantum Physics
Medium level Astronomy
Related material
- Differential Equations
- Fundamental Physics Laboratory
- Oscillations and Waves
- Classical Mechanics
- Quantum Mechanics
Advanced Astronomy
- Topic:Galactic Astronomy
- Topic:The Interstellar Medium
- Topic:Binary and Variable Stars
- Topic:Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way
- Topic:Directed Readings in Current Literature
- Topic:Stellar Astrophysics
- Topic:Radiation in Planetary Atmospheres
- Topic:Astronomical Instrumentation and Techniques
- Topic:Cosmology
- Topic:Clusters of Galaxies
- Topic:Astrophysical Dynamics
- Topic:Computational Methods
- Topic:Astrophysical Hydrodynamics
Related material
Active participants
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School news
- August 17, 2006 - School founded!
Lessons
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Research projects
This feature of Wikiversity will be implemented later pending further discussion.
Proposed Learning project: Astronomy Project - students access public astronomy databases and explore outer space.
Astrophysics Source Code Library = ASCL
BoomCode - GPL Type II supernova collapse code
http://www.aavso.org/ - American Association of Variable Star Observers
Resources
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Wikiresources
External Resources
- [1] - Journal article database
- [2] - Preprints database
- [3] - Astrophysics source code library
- Dick McCray's Astronomy Hypertext