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Welcome to the Astronomy class and have Fun!

Exam#3: Thu, Apr 17, 7-8 pm
Material for Exam: Lecture Notes & Review Chapters VII - X + Start of XI
Physics 405 students: DeM 112
Physics 406 students: Murkland 115

If you like the Music played at the beginning of Class, here is a Link!

MP3 Files of the "Solar Songs" are on our Outreach Website with Music
Go to the Table at the bottom of that page and click on the Links

In the upper part another set of Music Pieces "Rock around the Bow Shock" can be found.

Interested in Discussions on "Cosmology and Our View of the World"?

INCO 796, a discussion-oriented 1-Credit Seminar that meets each week
Spring Semester, We, 6:10 - 7:40 pm.

Labs:

Here is the info on the Astronomy Labs.

If you'd like an additional Observatory Experience you can always join the Public Sessions at the UNH Observatory

Activities and Homework:

As graded material appears here, please pick up in the Physics Office a.s.a.p.!!!
It will be discarded after 3 weeks!!!!

Your electronic part of the Homework Assignments and Reading Quizzes go through Mastering Astronomy, which comes with your book.

Activities, Homeworks and their solutions are posted on the Blackboard Site when available/graded.

CPS Remote

We will use the CPS-Remote Pad, or our "Star Trek Communicator", for making the class interactive. You will need the "Star Trek Communicator" during every class
- to answer 2 or 3 questions on the assigned Reading
- to engage in the discussion of the Interactive Class Questions
- to engage in the discussion on some of the Activity questions
- to provide feedback to me on certain issues as they come up
You need to purchase a CPS-Remote at the local bookstores (includes your Enrollment Code).
Then Enroll your Remote through your Blackboard Course on the CPS Website, as is explained in the attachment of the Syllabus. (Is available as two downloadable PDF Files on a UNH Help website; QT#1, 2 on the page in this link)

We will start using the "Star Trek Communicator" the second week of class.

For your Study:

Course Material on the WWW:

PRACTICE EXAMS and REVIEW

• Review includes links to the Video Animations shown in class.

Lecture Notes are also available as PDF-Files (to be read with Acrobat Reader)

The Outdoor Lab Manual is now online! Check it out for further information on Observatory Lab Write-Ups and the Term Paper.

Materials in the Library:

• Folder with practice exams
• Folder with complete lecture notes

Interested in geometric models?

For icosohedral models of the planets in our solar system (not to scale, but very pretty to look at), visit the Views of the Solar System site.

For models of various satellites and spacecraft (including a model of ACE designed by a UNH alumna), visit Space Craft International's free downloadable model page.

Also check out SCI's contributions to the Solar System Model in Pasadena, CA, a scale replica of our solar system that spans many kilometers.

Further Exploration:

Check on UNH Open Observatory nights. Schedule is dependent on clear weather.