Part 1: Astronomy and the Universe

1. Foundations of Astronomy

2. Copernican Revolution

3. Radiation: Cosmic Information

4. Spectroscopy

5. Telescopes

History and Sketches:  Ptolemy to Copernicus

Constellations

Part 2: Our Planetary System

  6. The Solar System

  7. Earth

  8. The Moon and Mercury

  9. Venus

10. Mars: Life's Near Miss

11. Jupiter: Solar System Giant

12. Saturn: Rings and Moons

13. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

14. Solar System Debris

15. Planetary Systems

Part 3: Stars and Stellar Evolution

16. Our Local Star

17. Red Giants, White Dwarfs

18. Interstellar Medium

19. Star Formation

20. Stellar Evolution

21. Stellar Explosions

22. Neutron Stars, Black Holes

Part 4: Galaxies and Cosmology

23. Galaxies & Cosmology

24. Normal and Active Galaxies

25. Galaxies and Dark Matter

26. Cosmology

27. The Early Universe

28. Are We Alone?

 Appendices

A. Terminology

B. Movies and Subject Area Videos

C. Field Trips

D. Units and Distances

Starlab Portable Planetarium and Stellarium Planetarium Software

  StarLab and Stellarium Descriptions

Stellarium Software: Downloading, User Guide, and Description

Albuquerque: Latitude and Longitude 

Exercises

Important Equations and Terminology

Final Projects

Course Review Notes