H. Tahsiri
Astronomy
References : "Tahsiri's Lecture Notes .
Animated "Buzz Words" in Astronomy.
1)
Celestial Sphere
2)
Celestial sphere at different latitude
3)
Frames of reference
4) Angular distance
5) Using your hand
5a) The north star (Polaris)
5b)
Big Dipper
Hubble deep view
6)
Circumpolar Stars from Columbus, Ohio
(my favotite)
a)
Equator (Quito Ecuador)
(my favotite)
b)
Columbus, Ohio (40 N)
(my favotite)
c)
North Pole (90 N)
(my favotite)
7a)
Power of 10
(my favotite)
8)
Earth Wobble
(Precession)
9)
Geocentric Model
10
)
Heleocentric Model
11)
Sun in Ecliptic
12)
Solar verses Sidereal day
Solar and Sidereal day
(my favotite)
12a)
Change in location of the sun rise with seasons
(my favotite)
12b)
Celestial Sphere, Ecliptic, Equinoxes
13)
Seasons
14)
Causes of
Seasons**
15)
Seasons and Sunlight
15a)
Moon calendar
15b)
Moon's Motion and phases
(My favorite.Applet by Prof. G. Pickett, Physics Dept , CSULB)
16)
Moon Phases
17)
Moon's motion and phases
17a)
Motion's motion and phases
18)
Moon tilt orbit
19)
Sidereal and Synodic Month
20)
Total, Partial and Annular Eclipses
21)
Total Lunar Eclipse
22)
Total Solar Eclipse movie
23)
Total Solar Eclipse animation
24)
Eclipses
25)
Lunar Eclipses , Umbra and Penumbra
(my favotite)
25a)
Eclipses and the Moon's orbital inclination
(my favotite)
26)
Moon face toward Earth
27)
Earth-Moon Tides
27a)
Stellar Parallax
27b)
Stellar Parallax
28)
Retrograde Motion
(Scientific explanation with animation)
29)
Retrograde Motion with animation
30)
Retrograde Motion
(Scientific explanation)
31)
Retrograde Motion
(Ancient explanation)
32)
Eclipse of Venus
(Scientific explanation)
33)
Eclipse of Venus
(Scientific explanation)
34)
Eclipse of Venus
(Ancient explanation)
35)
Coriolis Effect
Caused by Earth's rotation
36)
The Light Year : Universe by W. H Freeman
37)
Asteroid or comet hurtling toward Earth
38)
Kepler's first, second and the third law
39)
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
(my favorite)
40)
Kepler's law
41)
Kepler's first and second laws
Tides
Why Tides
How the Moon affect the ocean Tides
Cosmology
Cosmic Expansion
Hubble's Law
Hubble's Law and the Age of the Universe
Expansion and Red Shift
