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Galaxy

ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY

Brian McClelland

Department of Physics
College of Eastern Utah

Image courtesy of Richard Erwin.

Course Description

This course will introduce students to the Solar System as well as the visitors to the system such as comets in terms of modern theories and observations. Students will also learn about the characteristics of other astronomical bodies such as binary stars, variable stars, normal stars and clusters in stellar material. The formation of the Galaxy and the Big Bang will also be discussed. Students will be taught using lectures, videos, and other visual/technology aids.

Course Contents

PHYS 1040 - Syllabus , Fall 2007

PHYS 1040 - Course Handouts , Fall 2007

PHYS 1040 - Download This Course , Fall 2007

PHYS 1040 - Galaxy , Fall 2007

Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. dpearson. (2007, August 23). Elementary Astronomy (McClelland). Retrieved August 20, 2008, from College of Eastern Utah Web site: http://ocw.ceu.edu/physics/elementary-astronomy-mcclelland. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License