Introduction to Astronomy

Suvendra Nath Dutta
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Ohio University

 
• Contents
• Introduction
• Basic Principles
• Studying the History of Astronomy
• Mathematical Preliminaries
• Newtonian Dynamics
• Light and Atoms
• Observations of Stars - I
• Observations of Stars - II
• Understanding what we observe
• Our Galaxy - The Milky Way
• Other Galaxies in the Universe
• The birth of Stars and the Solar System
• How do Stars shine?
• The Death of Stars
• Galactic Evolution and Dynamics
• Einstein's Theory of Gravity
• The Physics of the Universe
• The Formation of Structure in the Universe
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