Re: [Phys-l] astronomy

[Peter Schoch <pschoch@nac.net>]

Hello,

Try the videos on our website as a starter:

http://sussex.edu/academics/telecourses/

Just choose PHYS105 as the place to start.  They are from the Coast tele course, and don't require much math or physics to understand them.  There are 2 episodes per "bundle".
Coast lists what is in each half hour segment here:
http://www.coastlearning.org/course-catalog/by-discipline/27-astronomy-observations-a-theories.html


For eclipsing binaries, you may want to look at:
http://www.midnightkite.com/index.aspx?URL=Binary
http://www.hs.uni-hamburg.de/DE/Ins/Per/Wichmann/Nightfall.html
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/First_Light_Curve_Analysis_Of_20_Eclipsing_Binaries_With_Integral_OMC_999.html
http://arxiv.org/abs/1103.1659
http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~aelg/Third_Year_Laboratory/eclipsing_binary.pdf

For Stellar Evolution, try:
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/textbook/se.html

my students found this to be helpful.

I hope that helps a bit,
Peter

On Mar 6, 2012, at 6:01 AM, Anthony Lapinski wrote:

> I'm teaching some "basic" ideas about binary stars to my astronomy
> students (not much physics background). I found a table of visual binaries
> and am looking for a list of spectroscopic binaries and eclipsing
> binaries. Does anyone know of a good online source for this?
>
> I'm also looking for a "basic" discussion about stellar evolution
> (including white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes). I realize these
> are complex,/advanced topics which are difficult to simplify for students.
>
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