Instructors:

Professor Min S. Yun
Office: 522 Lederle Graduate Research Tower (LGRT)
Phone: 545-2215
Email: myun at astro.umass.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 10:30-11:30 AM or by appointment

TA: Zhon Butcher (LGRT 517H)
Email: zbutcher at astro.umass.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

First Class Meeting: Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Textbook: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics by Carroll & Ostlie

• The Physical Universe by Frank Shu is a less technical but good reference (out of print but available in the libraries)

Course Information:

• Course Overview and Philosophy
  
• Class Notes and Reading Schedule (updated constantly!)
  
• Homework & Projects
  
• In-class work and homework scores (updated constantly)
  
• M. Fardal Computing Tutorial
  

Astronomy in Amherst

The Amherst Area Amateur Astronomy Association runs observatory and planetarium sessions on a regular schedule. Check the AAAAA website for more details.

UMass Astronomy Projects

• UMASS Astronomy Home Page
• Large Millimeter Telescope Project (LMT)
• Two Micron All Sky Survey Project (2MASS)
• Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory (FCRAO)
• Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS)
• Infrared/Optical Telescope Array (IOTA)

Astronomy News

• Astronomy News from Sky and Telescope magazine
• Night Sky Info from Sky and Telescope magazine

Astronomy Picture Gallery

• Astro Picture of the Day (APOD)
• Hubble Space Telescope Pictures
• Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) images
• National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Radio Astronomy Images)
• Jet Propulsion Lab/NASA
• The Solar System

• Space Telescope Public Information
• Black Holes and Neutron Stars
• Space shuttle and artificial satellite visibility
• Cassini mission to Saturn
• Finding planets around other stars
• Heavens Above! (satellite visibility)
• Space Weather (aurorae, meteors, etc.)
• Weather:
  • Local Weather Report
  • Local Radar Animation
  • Northeast U.S. Infrared Satellite Image
  • Current Global Weather Movies
  • EPA Global Warming page
  • El Niño Animation