Survey of Astronomy Lecture Notes by University
of Hawaii at Manoa
File Type :Online Number of Pages :NA
Description This note covers the following topics: Structure of the Universe, Copernicus, Brahe, Galileo, and Kepler,
Newtonian Dynamics and Gravitation, Celestial Sphere, Motions of the Moon and
Eclipses, Objects and Events in the Heavens, Thermal Radiation and Spectroscopy,
Telescopes in Astronomy, Origin of Our Solar System, Solar Energy, Solar
Activity and Sun-Earth Connection, Life Cycle of a Star, White Dwarfs and
Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Properties of Galaxies & Hubble's Law, Origin and
Evolution of the Universe.
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