• INTRODUCTION - THE RELEVANCE OF ASTRONOMY TO LIFE
  • THE SCALE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
  • ANGLES IN THE SKY
  • UNITS OF ANGULAR MEASUREMENT
  • THE RADIAN
  • PRINCIPLE CONCEPTS IN SKY MOTION
  • THE CELESTIAL SPHERE
  • THE DAY
  • THE ECLIPTIC
  • POLARIS AND THE BIG DIPPER
  • POSITION ON THE EARTH
  • PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES
  • CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION
  • CIRCULAR VELOCITY
  • FORCES IN NATURE
  • NEWTON'S THREE LAWS OF MOTION
  • THE TIDES
  • THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITY
  • ORIGIN OF THE MOON
  • PLUTO? PLANET OR ASTEROID!!!!!
  • STAR FORMATION
  • PROTOSTAR COLLAPSE
  • PROTO - STAR CONTRACTION
  • NUCLEAR REACTIONS IN STARS
  • THE PROTON-PROTON CYCLE
  • MAIN SEQUENCE LIFETIME
  • SUPERNOVAE
  • ELECTRON DEGENERACY
  • OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE
  • COSMOLOGY AND THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE
  • THE BIG BANG: THE BEGINNING OF THE UNIVERSE
  • THE EARLY UNIVERSE
  • QUARKS
  • THE SINGULARITY
  • THE 13 GREAT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE

    Last Update: 4/3/98

    Name: Edinboro University Observatory