Index page for course PH2900 Astronomy

Summary of Aims, Content and Objectives

• Aims + Content + Self-Study
• Objectives + Course Work + Exam Requirements
• Newsletters

Notes on Various Topics

• Course review notes
• Guide to Coordinate Systems
• Practical Time Systems
• Further Remarks on Time
• Sidereal and Solar Time
• Harrison Chronometers
• Refraction Effects
• Movement and Phases of the Moon
• Guide to the Solar System
• Hot Topics
• Solar Eclipse 1999 a great guide from RAL.
• Northern Lights Planetarium, a great place to learn about the Aurorae.
• US Naval Observatory, a miscellany of topics, + a Master Clock.
• A collection of astronomical definitions.
• Light pollution --- in Europe + Globally.
• Pioneer 10 ...RIP

Self-Study Demonstrations using `Dance', CUPS and CLEA

• Overview of self-study lab
• Self-Demonstration Lab (Access)
• Self-Demo Exercises 1-5
• Orbital elements using CUPS package
• Rotation of Mercury package

Examples and Exercises Sheets

• Examples Sheets

Course Work Sheets

NB. These are last years Course Work sheets ...thus they will be updated.

• Course Work Sheets

Various Quiz Sheets

• Quiz 1 --- What have we learned so far? ... Answers
• Quiz 2 --- Questions on Time
• Quiz 3 --- The Moon and its motion ... Answers
• Quiz 4 --- Planetary characteristics

Past Exam Questions

• Summer 1998
• Summer 1997
• Summer 1996