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| THE EARLY ASTRONOMERS | (Fix - Ch. 1,3,4 & 5) | ||
| ELECTROMAGNETISM, RADIATION, AND SPECTRA | (Fix - Ch. 6 & 7) | ||
| THE STARS: OBSERVABLE PROPERTIES | (Fix - Ch. 16 & 21) | Stars and Constellations | Parallax Proper Motion |
| THE SUN: A TYPICAL STAR | (Fix - Ch. 17) |
National Solar Observatory at Sacramento Peak Big Bacramento Peak Big Bear Solar Observatory The Sun: a Pictorial Introduction Visit the Solar Interior The Particle Adventure |
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| STELLAR EVOLUTION | (Fix - Ch. 18,19 & 20) | Stars and Constellations | |
| OUR GALAXY, THE MILKY WAY | (Fix - Ch. 22) | Multi-wavelength Milky Way | |
| OTHER GALAXIES | (Fix - Ch. 23, 24 &25) | Bill Keel's GIF Farm | Galaxy Simulations |
| COSMOLOGY: THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE | (Fix - Ch. 26) | The Particle Adventure The Particle Adventure |
Extra-galactic Distance Scale Lab (At Northwestern U.) Age of the Universe |
| LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE | (Fix - Ch. 27) | SETI Institute | The Drake Equation |
TEXTBOOK:
FIX, ASTRONOMY: THE JOURNEY TO THE COSMIC FRONTIER (3rd ed.)
The Best Additional References
EXPLORATION OF THE UNIVERSE (7th Ed.) Abell, Morrison, Wolff & Fraknoi (AMW&F).
FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY (1999 Ed.) Seeds
Other texts that may be useful as additional references:
Protheroe, Capriotti, & Newsom: EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE, 4th Ed.
Pasachoff & Kutner: UNIVERSE ASTRONOMY
Pasachoff: ASTRONOMY: FROM EARTH TO THE UNIVERSE
Wyatt: PRINCIPLES OF ASTRONOMY
Jastrow & Thompson: ASTRONOMY: FUNDAMENTALS AND FRONTIERS
Oster: MODERN ASTRONOMY
Kaufmann: RELATIVITY AND COSMOLOGY
Kaufmann: THE COSMIC FRONTIERS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY
Kaufmann: UNIVERSE
Pasachoff: CONTEMPORARY ASTRONOMY
Zeilik: ASTRONOMY
Hartman: ASTRONOMY: THE COSMIC JOURNEY
Chaisson: UNIVERSE
Snow: THE DYNAMIC UNIVERSE
All of these are available in the library.