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Introduction to Astronomy

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Celestial Sphere, Coordinates and Time-Keeping
How was the year divided up in me...,
What kind of number system did th...,
What model did aristarchus copern...
17  cards
Distances, Angles and Parallax
What can we approximate if angles...,
What is the equation for the angu...,
What is trigonometric parallax
11  cards
Quantifying Brightness, Fluxes, Luminosities & Magnitudes
What is the flux what are its units,
What is the intrinsic power at th...,
How do you work out the luminosit...
9  cards
Telescopes and Instruments
What is the equation for the ener...,
What em radiation has the largest...,
How do you draw a ray diagram for...
12  cards
Colours, Temperatures and Blackbodies
What is a black body,
What does the graph of black body...,
What is wiens law
8  cards
Orbits, Masses, The solar System and the Interiors of Stars
What is newtons law of gravity,
What is the equation for accelera...,
What is the value of the gravitat...
7  cards
The Solar System
What is the approximate radius of...,
What are the two types of planets...,
What are asteroids
20  cards
The Interiors of Stars
What is the hydrostatic equilibrium,
What is the equation for dp dr at...,
How do you derive the equation fo...
23  cards
Stellar Evolution
What must the gravitational energ...,
What is the jeans mass,
What is the jeans radius
30  cards
The Milky Way and Other Galaxies
What are the main properties of t...,
About how many stars are in the m...,
Name some properties of the milky...
25  cards
The Evolving Universe
How can we use red shift as a dis...,
What does hubbles law imply,
How do you find the age of the un...
11  cards

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