PHYS270: Introductory Astronomy

Lecture Overheads (up til March 2005)

Lecture 1: Introduction to Astronomy & Astrophysics at Macquarie
Lecture 2: The Origin of Modern Astronomy: (Seeds chapter 4)
Lecture 3: Telescopes & Instrumentation I: (Seeds 6.1-6.2)
Lecture 4: Telescopes & Instrumentation II: (Seeds 6.3-6.5)
Lecture 5: Astronomical Measurements I: The Stars (Seeds 2.1-2.2,2.5)
Lecture 6: Astronomical Measurements II: Stellar spectra (Seeds 7.4)
Lecture 7: Astronomical Measurements III: Stellar distances & Brightness (Seeds 9.1-9.2)
Lecture 8: Astronomical Measurements IV: Diameters & Masses of stars (Seeds 9.3-9.4)
Lecture 9: The Interstellar Medium I: (Seeds 10.1-10.2)
Lecture 10: The Interstellar Medium II: (Seeds 10.2-10.3)
Lecture 11: The Milky Way Galaxy I: (Seeds 15.1-15.2)
Lecture 12: The Milky Way II: (Seeds 15.2-15.4)
Lecture 13: Galaxies I: (Seeds 16.1-16.2)
Lecture 14: Galaxies & large scale structure II: (Seeds 16.3)
Lecture 15: Peculiar Galaxies & Quasars: (Seeds 17.1-17.2)
Lecture 16: Cosmology I: (Seeds 18.1-18.2)
Lecture 17: Cosmology II: (Seeds 18.3)
Lecture 18: Life in the Universe: not on-line (Prof Walter Guest lecture): Review Seeds chapter 26