Astronomy for first-year physics and third-year maths

Synopsis

Lecture1: Introduction (no formal notes)

Lecture2: Telescopes

Lecture3: Basics of Observational Astronomy (given in 2000 by Gavin Dalton)

Lecture4: The Rotating Earth (given in 2000 by Gavin Dalton)

Lecture5: Gravity and the Solar System (given in 2000 by Gavin Dalton)

Lecture6: Radiation Processes (given in 2000 by Gavin Dalton)

Lecture7: The Sun (given in 2000 by Gavin Dalton)

Lecture8: Doing Astrophysics (given in 2000 by Gavin Dalton)

Lecture9: Distance and Magnitudes

Lecture10: Binary Stars

Lecture11: The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

Lecture12: The Main Sequence

Lecture13: Stellar Evolution

Lecture14: Degenerate Stars

Lecture15: Variable & Violent Stars

Lecture16: The Interstellar Medium (ISM)