Technical Data
Here are the basic equations I wish
I had at my fingertips when I'm enjoying amateur astronomy. Instead of having to hunt through
my old text books for them, I've assembled a few of the more relevant equations
here.
Any suggestions for additional equations?
Further Study...
I figure that if you're in a section called "Advanced" and since
you followed that link to "Technical Data", you're probably interested
in some serious amateur astronomy. If you'd like to delve into a bit of the actual
physics and get a taste of professional astronomy, consider following through
this online Second
Semester Astronomy Course from the University of Tennessee. It's
really quite good, with a lot of interactive simulations. Subjects
include:
Radiation & Spectra, The Sun, The Sun's Power, Birth of Stars, Deaths of Stars, Celestial Distances,
Analyzing Starlight, Stars: Celestial Census, Galaxies, Cosmology
If you'd like to review the First Semester course first, click
here.
Another online course on the awesome forces in the universe can be studied by
visiting "Violence
in the Cosmos," another fine job by the University of Tennessee.
