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WEB ASTRONOMY INSTRUCTIONS

INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY PHYS 271 THE SEASONS THE SKY TIME ECLIPSES NEWTONIAN GRAVITY TEST 1 TEST 2 TEST 3 TEST 4 MESSAGES FOR PHYS 302, LIGHT AND COLOR SYLLABUS FOR PHYS 302 (POWERPOINT) YOUR TEXT BOOK/EXCERCISES SYLLABUS ASTRONOMICAL READINGS PERSONAL FORMATION OF THE MOON Constellations Two excellent Astronomy magazines: Sky and Telescope Magazine and Astronomy Magazine ASTRONOMICAL IMAGE LIBRARY STEPHEN HAWKING'S UNIVERSE A Good site from Ted Snow at the University of Colorado Interesting Questions (not homework) CALENDAR

Description of Telescope We wish to thank Randall McCaslin of the Office of Media Services for his help with our video equipment in the observatory. LIVE IMAGES OF THE SUN:click on Observing Activities at EUP Observing Activities at EUP Observing Sessions MCMATH-PIERCE SOLAR TELESCOPE The McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory Current Weather Conditions at EUP Observing Activities at Maize Sunfire Observatory CLEAR_DARKSKY_SKYCLOCK for MAIZE SUNFIRE OBSERVATORY MAIZE SUNFIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS NEW SUPERNOVAE Selected Images taken at Maize Sunfire OBSERVING CONDITIONS AT KITT PEAK MAIN SOLAR OBSERVING ROOM AT MCMATH/PIERCE SOLAR TELESCOPE SOLIS 150 FOOT SOLAR TOWER TELESCOPE AT MT. WILSON OBSERVATORY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SOLAR TELESCOPE NSO AND ISOON IMAGES RABEN SYSTEMS, INC. SAN FERNANDO SOLAR OBSERVATORY CUREA MICA

 

LIGHT AND COLOR -- PHYS 302

PHOTO MONTAGE OF SPRING 2007 PHYS302 STUDENTS OPTICS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC LENSES INTERACTIVE OPTICS/PHYSICS DEMOS OPTICS FOR KIDS OPTICS TEXTBOOK (downloading optional) LIGHT AND OPTICS MODULE LAWS OF LIGHT STELLAR SPECTRA THE SOLAR SPECTRUM ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES MORE ON ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WAVE INTERFERENCE COLOR SCIENCE TRIGONOMETRY TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION

PHYS 302 LABS

Check out these WEB sites: We will be conducting labs via these sites soon. ABOUT SNELL'S LAW ABOUT OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS ABOUT TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION ABOUT MIRRORS ABOUT POLARIZATION OF LIGHT ABOUT PHYSICS OF RAINBOWS

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND MEETINGS

Astronomy Public Night Observing Sessions and Star Parties Meetings and other Group Announcements

 

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The Sun KITT PEAK VISITORS CENTER THE SUN SP274 LOCKHEED-MARTIN REACHOUT STANFORD INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR PHYSICS SP274 THE SUN: click on SUN SUN SOLAR FLARE THEORY: click on FLARES FLARES MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER - SOLAR PHYSICS The Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Sunspot Archives Sunspot Cycle VERY Latest SOHO Images Space Weather

Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) Einstein-Image and Impact. AIP History Center exhibit

 

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Here is a list of astronomy related links.....

• Find the exact sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset at the U.S. Naval Observatory.
• A great site which could almost serve as an electronic text for the course Relativity, Cosmology, and Black Holes is found at the University of Illinois.
• Here are a few of the many sites to get solar images:
  Big Bear Solar Observatory - New Location
  SDAC
  Kitt Peak
  Explore Space
  Today's Space Weather
  The SOHO Database
  
• You can see amazing astronomical images from:
  The Hubble Space Telescope
  The Messier Objects Catalog
  and
  The Galaxy Page
  and
  Images by Ron Kohl
  
• If you want information on telescopes then check these sites out:
  DFM Engineering, Inc.
  OPTICAL MECHANICAL INC.
  Tele Vue Optics
  

More sites will be added soon!

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Dr. James C. LoPresto, Professor of Astronomy and Physics
Observatory
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, PA 16444
814-732-2469
LoPresto@Edinboro.edu