Welcome to ASTRO 801

Quick Facts about ASTRO 801

  • Author - Dr. Chris Palma, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Students in the Eberly College of Science at Penn State.
  • There are 12 lessons.
    • Lesson 1 - Motions in the Sky and the 3D Geometry of the Sun, Earth, Moon System
    • Lesson 2 - Orbits and the Laws of Kepler and Newton
    • Lesson 3 - Electromagnetic radiation and Astronomical Observations
    • Lesson 4 - The Properties of Stars and Stellar Classification
    • Lesson 5 - The Early Stages of Stellar Evolution
    • Lesson 6 - The Late Stages of Stellar Evolution
    • Lesson 7 - Star Clusters
    • Lesson 8 - The Milky Way Galaxy
    • Lesson 9 - Galaxies in the Universe
    • Lesson 10 - Cosmology
    • Lesson 11 - The Solar System
    • Lesson 12 - Life in the Universe