ASTR109, Winter 2008
The
Cosmos:
Birth and
Evolution
- Profs: Doug Hamilton and
Jack Baggaley
- Lecture: WTh 12:00-12:50pm, Winter 2008, Room S3
- Tutorial: F 12:00-12:50pm, Winter 2008, Room S4
- Office Hours: WTh, after class.
Class Information
Material to Help You Out
LOCAL
- Optional ASTR109/PHYS109 Field Trip. The
idea is to get to i) A dark site for seeing the Milky way, Magellenic
clouds, and starfields and/or ii) A site with small or mid-sized
telescopes for seeing more details of planets and star clusters.
-
Townsend Observatory: This telescope in downtown Christchurch is
operated by the UC Department of Physics and Astronomy. Every clear
(uncloudy) Friday night April-October it opens to the public at
8:00pm. The telescope is a historic 6-inch (15cm) refractor built nearly 150
years ago. Skies are not dark.
-
Canterbury
Astronomical Society: This organization has several 10-14 inch
(25-35cm) telescopes at the West Melton Observatory and run events
that are open to the public every other Friday, April through October
for a $5 fee. Skies are dark.
- Roof of the Rutherford Building: Telescopes are
small and need to be mounted. Issues with building and roof
access. Skies are not dark. Serious wild pigeon problems!
- Farm on the Banks Peninsula: No
telescopes. Skies are very dark.
- Mt. John
Observatory: Big 0.5-2.0 meter telescopes for use by professional
Astronomers. Skies are very dark. The ASTR112 class tours here.
GENERAL
SOLAR SYSTEM
- Welcome to
the Planets Information about planets and spaceprobes from JPL.
- Spacewatch
This page contains information about this program which searches for
near Earth objects.
- Epoxi
This is the successor mission to the U. Maryland run Deep Impact mission.
- Selene
This is Japanese lunar mission. Check out their Earthrise HDTV movie!
- Earth's Interior
A very well written website with animated figures.
- NEAR This is a mission that orbited and landed on near-Earth asteroid Eros.
- The Peekskill Meteorite This fireball over the Eastern United States was captured by video camera.
STARS & OUR GALAXY
OTHER GALAXIES
- Hubble Space Telescope
This page contains the latest pictures and scientific results from
HST, the Hubble Space Telescope.
Go
to Doug Hamilton's Home Page