ASTR100, Spring 2003

Introduction to Astronomy

• Prof: Doug Hamilton
• Lecture Time: MWF 9:00-9:50am, Spring 2003
  
• Lecture Room: PHYS 1412
  
• Teaching Assistants: See TA Information
• Discussion Room: CSS 2400
  
• Discussion Times: See Section Information
  

Class Information

• Course Description
• Lecture Schedule
• Prof's Office Hours (in CSS 1245): MW 10:30-12:00 or by appointment.
• Assignments. Check here for up to date information on Homeworks and Exams!
• What's my Grade Right Now?
• Talk to other students about astronomy! Help each other on homework problems! Use the ASTR100 Bulletin Board.
• Is ASTR100 the best class ever? There are other ASTR courses you can take after this one! ASTR Courses for Non-Majors.

Material to Help You Out

• The Astronomy Workshop: A set of interactive computer programs for use in ASTR100.
  • Astronomy Classroom: Practice scientific notation and working with equations. Learn about astronomical distances and sizes.
  • Solar System Viewers: Watch the planets, moons, and comets move along their actual orbits.
  • Explore the Possibilities: What if an asteroid hit the Earth? What if a Rogue Star passed through our Solar System?
• Supplementary Information for UMD Introductory Astronomy. This site includes useful practice multiple choice questions which the computer will grade for you!
• Astronomy Picture of the Day This site is updated daily and has a nice archive of pretty astronomy images.

• Welcome to the Planets Information about planets and spaceprobes from JPL.
• A Tour of the Solar System This page contains information about the planets, satellites, asteroids, comets, and Solar System related topics.
• Comet Information This page contains information about recently discovered comets.
• Spacewatch This page contains information about this program which searches for near Earth objects.
• Dinosaur Extinction This page contains very elementary information regarding the asteroid impact theory explaining dinosaur extinctions.

• Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum Good information about light.
• Structure and Evolution of Stars What happens when a star runs out of fuel?
• Novae and Supernovae The most violent events in the Universe!
• Binary Stars This page contains general information on binary stars.
• Pulsars What makes them tick?
• Black Hole Candidates This page contains information on Cygnus X-1, LMC X-3, and other black hole candidates.
• Black Hole Videos! This page has simulations of what starfields look like near black holes and neutron stars.
• Cataclysmic Variables This page contains information on binaries with unusual properties.
• SS443 A bizarre binary system expelling jets of material at nearly lightspeed!

• Hubble Space Telescope This page contains the latest pictures and scientific results from HST, the Hubble Space Telescope.
• Relativity Everything that you want to know about General Relativity, curved spacetime, and gravitational radiation!
• Cosmology How did the Universe begin? How will it end?
• Large Scale Structure Clusters & Superclusters of Galaxies. What do they look like?

Go to Doug Hamilton's Home Page