1. Basics of Astronomy
Casey McNamara

2. EVERYTHING THE UNIVERSE
Galaxies, solar systems, planets, stars, black holes, clusters, dark matter, AGN

3. Galaxies
Large-scale system of stars, interstellar gas, dust, and plasma
Elliptical
Spirals
Irregulars
90% composed of dark matter

4. Galaxies 2

5. Variable Stars Cepheid Mira Long Period Change luminosity
Over 5,000 catalogued
A variable star in the Large Megellanic Cloud

6. Stellar Evolution Lifetime 2 million to trillions of years
Begins with collapse of giant molecular cloud
New stars main sequence in HR Diagram
HR Diagram shows spectral type

8. H-R Diagram

9. Spectroscopy O, B, A, F, G, K, and M
Break up ray of light into components in visible light spectrum
Chemical composition of object

10. Visible Light Spectrum

11. Stellar Spectra and Graph

12. Absorption and Emission Spectra

13. Jacoby Atlas

14. MONET North & South MOnitoring NEtwork of Telescopes
Sutherland, South Africa
McDonald Observatory, Texas
Students receive 85% of time
Robotic
Designed to cover entire night sky

15. Views of MONET SAAO Sutherland hilltop view, including MONET
MONET Telescope and McDonald Observatory

16. CCD and DSLR Charged-coupled device Found in CCD and DSLR
Digital Single Lens Reflex

17. Astroimaging Tools
Aperture Photometry Tool
Image J
Maxim DL
Photoshop

18. Ratio of signal power to noise corruption
Dark and Flat Fields
Dark Field
Flat Field
Signal to Noise
Ratio of signal power to noise corruption

19. Astronomy Today David Lefreniere Spectroscopy and hidden exoplanets
Nicholas Cowan
Looks at wavelengths to find water on other planets

20. Bibliography
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