Moravian College Astronomy Text/PowerPoint Presentations

Moravian College Astronomy Text/PowerPoint Presentations Moravian College Astronomy PHYS-108

Subject Index to Astronomy Lessons

Gary A. Becker, Instructor

Class Photos

BASN Acknowledgements

Student Information/Syllabus/Class Routine

Crash Course-Read Me

S-01: Introduction to Astronomy S-02: Popular Misconceptions S-03: Archaeoastronomy S-04: Time S-05: Eclipses

S-06: Telescopes/Observing S-07: Solar System Introduction S-08: Earth S-09: Moon S-10: Inner Planets S-11: Outer Planets

S-12: Small Solar System Bodies S-13: The Sun S-14: Stellar Evolution S-15: The Universe

S-16: Sky Literacy Planetarium Programs/Moravian's Telescopes Inside Back Cover Peyton's Astro-Music

Session 1: Introduction

Class Video: Class Routine

Class Audio: Discussion: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Class Video: International Space Station as Viewed from Moravian's Sky Deck-Shane S. Cassel

PowerPoint: Lecture Slides

Reading: BASN Text

Reading: Isaac Asimov: The Last Question

YouTube: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry-Neil deGrasse Tyson

YouTube: A mind-expanding tour of the cosmos with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Robert Krulwich

YouTube: Neil deGrasse Tyson with Robert Krulwich: Letters from an Astrophysicist-Audiobook

YouTube: Carl Sagan: Intro. to Pale Blue Dot

YouTube: X-37B: View from Sky Deck

Self-Test: Introduction to Astronomy Study Guide

Session 2: Popular Misconceptions

Class Video: Basic Science Demonstrations

YouTube: Plasma Balls Explained

Class Video: Harvard Misconceptions

Transcript: Harvard Misconception-Lunar Phases: Transcript

Class Video: Misconceptions about the Moon/Librations

Transcript: Moon/Seasons Misconceptions: Transcript

Class Video: Reasons for the Seasons

YouTube: Harvard: A Private Universe

Class Audio: Reasons for the Seasons: Audio

PowerPoint: The Seasons

PowerPoint: Lecture Slides

Reading: BASN Text

YouTube: Phases of the Moon (watch first)

YouTube: Phases and Motions of the Moon (Watch second)—Launch Pad Astronomy

YouTube: NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter—PHASES/LIBRATONS-2013

YouTube: NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter—PHASES/LIBRATONS-2014

YouTube: NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter—PHASES/LIBRATONS-2015

YouTube: NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter—PHASES/LIBRATONS-2016

YouTube: NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter—PHASES/LIBRATONS-2017

YouTube: NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter—PHASES/LIBRATONS-2018

YouTube: NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter—PHASES/LIBRATONS-2019

YouTube: Tides—Neil deGrasse Tyson

Lab Ex.: Seasons Graph

Music: Blue Moon: Frank Sanatra

Music: Crescent Moon: Cowboy Junkies

Self-Test: Popular Misconceptions in Astronomy Study Guide

Session 3: Archaeoastronomy

PowerPoint: Lecture Slides

Reading: BASN Text

Reading: A Sky for All Seasons, Edwin Krupp

WWWeb: Chaco Culture National Historical Park | Traditions of the Sun: Chaco

YouTube: The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (Poor quality, excellent information)

YouTube: The Cannibals Of The Four Corners | Timeline

YouTube: Chacoan Astronomy, Cosmography, Roads & Ritual Power

YouTube: EXPLORING CHACO CANYON: History, Information, Hikes, etc.

YouTube: Studying Southwestern Archaeology by Dr. Steve Lekson | What Was Chaco, Really? (Lekson)

YouTube: A History of the Ancient Southwest (Lekson)

YouTube: Episode 2: Age Of Ancestors | The World of Stonehenge (view first)

YouTube: Episode 3: Age Of Cosmology | The World of Stonehenge (view second)

YouTube: Episode 1: Age Of Ice | The World of Stonehenge (completes series)

YouTube: Standing with Stones - an epic journey through prehistoric Britain & Ireland

YouTube: Decoding the ancient astronomy of Stonehenge

YouTube: Uncovering the secrets of Stonehenge

YouTube: Megalith Movers: Building Stonehenge

YouTube: Stonehenge: A 360° View

Lab Ex.: Seasons Graph

Self-Test: Archaeoastronomy Study Guide

Session 4: Time and Coordinate Systems

Reading: Time-BASN Text

YouTube: The Clock That Changed the World (BBC History of the World)

YouTube: Getting Started in Celestial Navigation-12-Lessons

Session 5: Solar and Lunar Eclipses

Class Video: Eclipses Shown to Scale-Video

Class Video: Eclipse Talk, Repetition of Eclipses-Video

Class Audio: Eclipse Talk, Repetition of Eclipses-Audio

Transcript: Eclipse Talk, Repetition of Eclipses-Transcript

Class Video: Gear and Techniques, Lunar Eclipses-Fall 2020 Video

Class Video: Gear and Techniques-Spring 2021 Video

PowerPoint: Lecture Slides

Reading: BASN Text

Reading: Aspects and Motions of the Moon: Eclipses, George Abell

YouTube: The Moon’s Orbit and Eclipses—Launch Pad Astronomy

YouTube: The Great Baja Eclipse: Hypes 1999 Eclipse

YouTube: Still Hooked: Hypes 2017 Eclipse and Others

YouTube: You owe it to yourself to experience a total solar eclipse | David Baron

Excitement: When Day Became Night: A Special Report on the 2017 Solar Eclipse

Excitement: Alaska Airlines Great American Eclipse Flight #9671

Excitement: Alaska Airlines Great American Eclipse Flight #870—Oh my God!

Excitement: Total Solar Eclipse (2017)

Excitement: Space Station Transiting 2017 ECLIPSE, My Brain Stopped Working—Smarter Every Day 175

Music: Bonnie Tyler—Total Eclipse of the Heart (Video)

Music: You're so Vain—Carly Simon

Self-Test: Solar and Lunar Eclipse Study Guide

Session 6: Telescopes/Observing

Class Video: Make A Drawing Through A Telescope

Class Video: What Makes A Good Telescope?

Class Video: History, Economizing, and Identifying Telescopes

PowerPoint: Lecture Slides

Reading: BASN Text

Reading: Telescopes in General, Neale Howard

Reading: Telescopes in Particular, Neale Howard

Reading: Appendix-4: Syncing Mount and Telescope to Sky BASN Text

YouTube: The Simpsons: Bart's Comet

YouTube: #6 Telescopes: Crash Course Astronomy

YouTube: Telescopes: A Buyer's Guide - The Night Sky -

YouTube: Tips For The First-Time Telescope Owner - The Night Sky -

YouTube: Choosing Your First Telescope" with J. Kelly Beatty

YouTube: How to use an Equatorial Mount for Beginners

YouTube: How to Align a Finderscope for New Astronomers

MDRS Ob.: Skynet

MDRS Ob.: VOL 1 MDRS Robotic Observatory-REGISTER PP

MDRS Ob.: Skynet Introduction-tutorial video

MDRS Ob.: Taking Your First Image-tutorial video

MDRS Ob.: Downloading Images-tutorial video

MDRS Ob.: Color-Imaging-tutorial video

MDRS Ob.: Stacking Images-tutorial video

Tutorial: Calibration Frames Explained

Lab Ex.: Identify the Celestial Object

Self-Test: Instrumentation Study Guide

Session 7: Solar System Introduction

PowerPoint: Lecture Slides

Reading: BASN Text

YouTube: Solar System Drawn to Scale: If the Moon were Just One Pixel

Session 8: Earth

PowerPoint: Lecture Slides

Reading: BASN Text

Session 9: Moon

PowerPoint: Lecture Slides

Reading: BASN Text

YouTube: Lunar Geology: Apollo 13 Views of the Moon

Session 10: Inner Planets

PowerPoint: Inner Planets-Cratering-Lecture Slides

PowerPoint: Mars-Lecture Slides

Reading: BASN Text

Session 11: Outer Planets

Reading: BASN Text

Session 12: Small Solar System Bodies

PowerPoint: Comets, Meteors-Lecture Slides

PowerPoint: Hounds Build a Comet-Lecture Slides

PowerPoint: Meteorites-Lecture Slides

Reading: BASN Text

Session 13: The Sun

PowerPoint: Lecture Slides

Reading: BASN Text

Session 14: Stellar Evolution

Class Video: Introduction and Stellar Distances-Fall 2020

Class Video: Introduction and Stellar Distances-Spring 2021

Class Video: Distance Modulus to Spectra

Class Video: Emission Spectra and More

Class Video: Bohr Atom to Absorption Spectrums

Class Video: Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

Class Video: Stellar Birth

Class Video: Stellar Life Cycles and the H-R Diagram

PowerPoint: Lecture Slides

Reading: BASN Text

Lab Ex: Parallax Lab-PDF

Lab Ex: Introduction and Stellar Distances-Back Half

Lab Ex: Significant Number Rules, BASN Text, Session 1, page 11

Lab Ex: Great Summer Triangle Lab-PDF

Lab Ex: Great Summer Triangle Lab-Instructional Video

Class Video: Great Summer Triangle Lab-Class Instructional Video

Lab Ex: Emission Spectrum Lab-PDF

Lab Ex: Emission Spectrums to be Identified for Lab-PDF

Lab Ex: Emission Spectrum Lab-Instructional Video

Lab Ex: Absorption Spectrum Lab-PDF

Lab Ex: High Resolution Absorption Spectrum

Lab Ex: Absorption Spectrum Lab-Instructional Video

Lab Ex: Construction of an H-R Diagram Lab-PDF

Lab Ex: Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

Lab Ex: Determining the Age of Star Clusters-PDF

Lab Ex: Determining the Age of Star Clusters-Instructional Video

YouTube: Light and Temperature—Launch Pad Astronomy

YouTube: Spectroscopy—LPA

YouTube: Analyzing Starlight Part 1: Brightness—LPA

YouTube: Analyzing Starlight Part 2: Colors—LPA

YouTube: Analyzing Starlight Part 3: Stellar Spectral Classification—LPA

YouTube: How Stars Work—LPA

YouTube: Seeing Color: Arbor Scientific | Electromagnetic Spectrum: Montana Tech | #23 Light—Crash Course Astronomy

YouTube: #24 Distance—Crash Course Astronomy

Self-Test: Quest Questions Light and Distance

YouTube: HR Diagram Explained

YouTube: Module 9 / Lecture 3 : The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

YouTube: Stars and Galaxies: The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

YouTube: Star Formation—Launch Pad Astronomy

YouTube: How the Sun will REALLY Die—Launch Pad Astronomy

YouTube: The Smallest Stars in the Universe-Red Dwarfs—Launch Pad Astronomy

YouTube: #26 Stars in General—Crash Course Astronomy

YouTube: #29 Low Mass Stars—Crash Course Astronomy

Self-Test: Quest Questions H-R Diagram, Stellar Birth, Stars in General, Low Mass Stars

YouTube: How massive stars die - with a BANG!

YouTube: Neutron Stars, Pulsars, and Magnetars—Launch Pad Astronomy

YouTube: The Physics of Black Holes

YouTube: Monster Black Holes

YouTube: #30 White Dwarfs and Planetary Nebulae—Crash Course Astronomy

YouTube: #31 High Mass Stars—Crash Course Astronomy

YouTube: #32 Neutron Stars—Crash Course Astronomy

YouTube: #33 Black Holes—Crash Course Astronomy

Self-Test: Quest Questions White Dwarfs, Planetary Nebulae, High Mass Stars, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes

Self-Test: Stellar Evolution Study Guide

Session 15: The Universe

Reading: BASN Text

YouTube: 'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss

YouTube: TIMELAPSE OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE—13.8 billion years

YouTube: TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time

Session 16: Sky Literacy

Reading: BASN Text

Planetarium Programs/Moravian's Telescopes

Reading: Appendix-1: Planetarium Programs BASN Text

Reading: Appendix-2: Using Moravian's Telescopes BASN Text

Reading: Appendix-3: Aligning the Telescope to Polaris BASN Text

Reading: Appendix-4: Syncing Mount and Telescope to Sky BASN Text

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