As the newest research area in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, the Astronomy Group is focused on Observational Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, specifically high redshift galaxies, resolved stellar populations, supernovae, and Antarctic telescopes.
In the wake of Shepard Fairey's debacle with the AP over the rights to the image he used as reference/inspiration for his wildy popular Obama poster, I wanted to share a list of Public Domain Licensed images, in this case, astronomy. Fairey's situation should hit home with all pixel junkies out there and remind us that we have to pay close attention to the licenses associated with the images we use in our design work. I've compiled a list of beautiful, inspiring astronomy images that all have a Public Domain License.
How do I know that there is a dark band called Cassini division in the rings of Saturn? I ve read it in a book. There are numerous books about astronomy out there, but here are three, which are, I think, essential beginners reading.
Despite all warnings, and sane advice not to buy a telescope, but rather start with a good pair of binoculars, you decided that you want one, no matter what. It's all right; I did the same thing. I think most amateur astronomers did that too
SciAsto.Net is a network of amateur astronomers in love with the SCIence of ASTROnomy. Our roots go back to the mid 1990s and the astronomy newsgroup sci.astro (still in existance). A few active members decided to start an IRC chat group on the undernet server. Spearheading that effort was Chris Sheehan, Bob Hale
Cosmos Portal is a gateway on the Web to astronomy and space science. We invite astronomy professionals to publish articles, blogs, news items, image galleries, videos, class notes, lectures, powerpoint presentations, links to other high quality websites or other educational material.
A List of Astronomy Apps for iPhone and iPad which contains Free and some premium apps. Download these apps from Apple Store and start Exploration easily.
The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in Astronomy and Physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant. The ADS maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 6.9 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and arXiv e-prints. The main body of data in the ADS consists of bibliographic records, which are searchable through highly customizable query forms, and full-text scans of much of the astronomical literature which can be browsed or searched via our full-text search interface. Integrated in its databases, the ADS provides access and pointers to a wealth of external resources, including electronic articles, data catalogs and archives. We currently have links to over 7.6 million records maintained by our collaborators.
As an astronomer, teacher, lecturer and all-around science junkie, I am exposed to all sorts of people and their ideas about what goes on in the sky around them. I have been delighted to find that most people are very curious about the night (and day!) sky, but unfortunately a lot of misinformation is spread about astronomy. Sometimes this information is just plain silly, but many times it makes just enough sense that people believe it. Sometimes the news media help spread these ideas (like the one that you can spin or stand an egg on end during the Vernal E
These study guides were created based on undergraduate courses taken at UC Berkeley from 1997-2001 and graduate courses taken at Harvard University in 2002-2003. They are posted as a public service to anyone interested in physics or taking college level Physics/Astronomy/Math courses.
Astro2010, the current astronomy and astrophysics decadal survey, is the latest in a series of surveys that are produced every 10 years by the National Research Council (NRC) of The National Academy of Sciences.
Astronomy is more hot these days than ever before. As a result, all kinds of astronomy equipment can be found, which leads to confusion and leads to unnecessary or wrong purchasing decisions. When you start your way to astronomy, having to spend half an hour to three quarters of an hour to put together the gear is sure to put you inside watching Groundhog day rerun.