• Instructor:
  James Lowenthal
  Office: McConnell Hall 412, Smith College
  Phone: 585-6995
  Email: james [at] ast.smith.edu
  Office Hours: Mon 10-11, Thu 10-11, or by appointment

Textbook: Astronomy: A Physical Perspective, 2nd edition, by Marc L. Kutner, 2003.
Corrections to the early version of the 2nd edition.

Course Information:

• Syllabus
• Handouts and Cheatsheets
  • Matlab Cheatsheet (MIT)
• Homework
  • Homework 1
  • Homework 2
  • Homework 3
  • Homework 4
  • Homework 5
  • Homework 6
  • Homework 7
  • Homework 8
  • Homework 9
• Mid-Term Exam Review Sheet
• Final Exam Review Sheet
• Term Paper + Presentation

Links for use in class

files to download for use in class

Moodle @ Smith College


PVTA Bus Schedules (see Routes 38, 40 or 43 from SC/MHC/AC/HC)

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Additional Web links:

• Astrophysics Article Abstract Archive
• Astronomical World Wide Web Resources
• Space Telescope Public Information
• Multiwavelength Atlas of Galaxies
• Multiwavelength Milky Way
• Models of Merging Galaxies (Chris Mihos)
• This week's sky events from Sky and Telescope
• Astronomy Magazine
• Astronomy Picture of the Day

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

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