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We will be evaluating the option of changing textbooks for next year. I would like your input. How did you find the Seeds text for this course? Please, if you have the chance, send me email with your opinions. If you can, make concrete statements about what you liked and didnt like about the textbook.
It's been fun teaching you about Astronomy. I hope you enjoyed the course. Good luck on the Final, and have a good summer!
Homeworks and midterms are graded and available in box outside my office DRL 2N3C (5/03/96).
Available resources:
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Lecture Notes
The Updated OnLine
Schedule
is available
View the OnLine
Syllabus
An indexed list of
Review Topics
for the Final Exam.
The Penn
Student's Observatory Home Page
Take a look at the results of the
Star Naming Question on HW#4!
Here are some pictures of
Comet Hyakutake
taken at Penn's own Flower & Cook observatory!
Some Astronomical Links and Images:
See Sky & Telescope Online's
Comet Page
The Astronomical
Picture of the Day, courtesy of some folks at NASA
Today's
NASA press releases
Get a personalized
Star Chart for tonight's sky from the Mt. Wilson Observatory
The Hubble Space Telescope is on-track toward measuring the expansion
rate of the Universe - the elusive
Hubble Constant.
April 24 marks the 6th Anniversary of the launch of HST, launched on
that day in 1990.
Look at the
HST 6th Anniversary Page to see some of the milestones of HST's career!
View some recent images from the Hubble Space Telescope:
November 1995: Saturn with Rings edge-on!
The nucleus of the Whirlpool Galaxy M51
Gas Knots near the Helix Nebula: A Dying Star
Comet Hyakutake with the Wide Field Camera
The Hubble Deep Field: A Keyhole view of the Distant Universe
An image of the photosphere disk of Betelgeuse
An hourglass shaped Planetary Nebula - a dying star
Star formation in the Orion Nebula (M42)
Supernova Blastwaves in the Cygnus Loop
Spectacular Gaseous Pillars in the Eagle Nebula (M16)
Gravitational Lens Arcs in the Cluster of Galaxies A2218
Impact of Comet SL9-G on Jupiter
Rings, Knots and Jets in the Planetary Nebula NGC 6543
Interacting Galaxies - the Cartwheel Galaxy
The
Latest Press Releases from HST
Explore the
HST Public Image Archive yourself!
Learn about the Hubble Space Telescope
Spacecraft and Instrumentation
Go to the
Project Galileo Homepage
See the
Galileo Probe Homepage
In a press release conference on January 22, 1996, the results from the December 7, 1995 entry of the Galileo probe into the atmosphere of Jupiter were presented. The Gailieo orbiter remains in orbit around the giant planet, telemetering data back to Earth.
Read the text of the Galileo Probe Results.
Explore the life and science of Galileo Galilei through the
Galileo Project from Rice University
Sky & Telescope Magazine Online Browse the
Math/Physics Interactive Textbook ASTR 1 (Section 3) Spring Term 1996
MWF 1pm-2pm DRL Room A-7
Instructor: Steven T. Myers
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Office Hours: Mon 3:30pm-4:30pm, Thu 2:00pm-3:00pm, also other
times by appointment
Teaching Assistant: David MestreTeaching Assistant Hours: Wed 3pm-6pm (Room 4N27)
Last modified 11May96