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Handouts and Visuals

Phy 305 – Introduction to Astrophysics – Spring 2013

Handouts

• H1. Greek Timeline
• H2. Planets
• H3. H-R diagram (Cosmic Perspective)
• H4. Stellar Lives

Visuals

• V1. Sirius A & B
• V2. H-R diagram (Wikipedia)
• V3. Spectrum of the Sun
• V4. Spectral Classification

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Links

• L1. Universe Song (1:59)
• L2. Contact" (1997) (film) actress Jodie Foster, adapted from Carl Sagan (astrophysicist), director Robert Zemeckis
• L3: Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
• L4: Exoplanet Data Explorer
• L5: Why Does the Sun Shine (3:03)
• L6: They Might Be Giants (2:41)
• L7. Stellar classification (Wikipedia)
• L8. Largest star ever discovered, compared to our Sun (1:33)
• L9. How small is Earth really? WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!! (1:45)
• L10. The Solar System Song (4:19)
• L11. What Will Happen to the Earth When the Sun Dies? (3:48)
• L12. Stars: Life and Death (Discovery Channel) (3:11)
• L13. A Neutron Star Collision with Earth [very bad]
• L14. "How can we see a black hole?" (Ask an Astronomer) (3:21)
• L15. Stephen Hawking - Black Hole Time Travel (5:21)
• L16. The Millennium Simulation Project
• L17. What happens when galaxies collide? (Ask an Astronomer) (1:54)
• L18. Galaxy Collision- The Milky Way vs Andromeda! (1:54)
• L19. Dark Matter - 60 Second Adventures in Astronomy (1:22)
• L20. Minute Physics: What is Dark Matter? (1:09)
• L21. NASA: Astronomer visits a Shrink (4.52)
• L22. The Big Bang - 60 Second Adventures in Astronomy (1:25)
• L23. Dark Energy - 60 Second Adventures in Astronomy (1:23)
• L24. Dark Energy (3.47)