ASTRONOMY
The night sky. Planetary and lunar motions. Light and matter. The Solar atmosphere. Optics and telescopes. The Solar System. The Earth-Moon system. The terrestrial planets. The Jovian planets. Lesser bodies of the Solar System. Introductory stellar astrophysics. Stellar properties and the HR diagram. The interstellar medium. Stellar evolution: birth, mid-life, old age, and death. The Milky Way. Galaxies in the Universe. Cosmology. Life in the Universe.
Astronomy I, by D. G. Luttermoser, 2001, East Tennessee State University.
Astronomy II, by D. G. Luttermoser, 2009, East Tennessee State University.
Elementary Astronomy, J. N. Pierce, 3rd ed., 2013, Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Introduction to Astronomy, by K. C. Yu, 2004, Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
AST 301, by J. Scalo, 2009, University of Texas at Austin.
Astronomy, by B. Gardner, 1990, Auburn University.
Astronomy, by S. Morgan, 2015, University of Northern Iowa.
Astronomy, by L. Bombelli, 2012, University of Mississippi.
Astronomy 100, by I. Glozman, 2014, Highline Community College.
- With Solutions
Astronomy I, by D. G. Luttermoser, 2001, East Tennessee State University.
Astronomy II, by D. G. Luttermoser, 2009, East Tennessee State University.
8.282J Introduction to Astronomy, by S. Rappaport, 2006, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Astronomy 102, by K. Follette, 2014, Pima Community College. - Without Solutions
AST 301, by J. Scalo, 2009, University of Texas at Austin.
Astronomy, by P. Plait, 2016, Crash Course.
Introduction to Astronomy, by R. Wagner, 2017, OpenStax.
A Student’s Guide to the Mathematics of Astronomy, by D. Fleisch, J. Kregenow, 1st ed., 2013, Cambridge University Press. (Video Podcast)
General Astronomy, by A. C. Spahn, 2017, Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Introductory Astronomy, by P. Robinson, 2013, Westchester Community College.
Astronomy 102, by K. Follette, 2014, Pima Community College.
Astronomy, by A. Fraknoi, D. Morrison, S. C. Wolff, 2021, Foothill College, NASA Ames Research Center, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, OpenStax.
Foundations of Astronomy, by M. A. Seeds, D. Backman, 14th ed., 2018, Cengage Learning.
Astronomy Today, by E. Chaisson, S. McMillan, 8th ed., 2013, Pearson.
Introduction to Astronomy and Cosmology, by I. Morison, 1st ed., 2008, Wiley.
A Student’s Guide to the Mathematics of Astronomy, by D. Fleisch, J. Kregenow, 1st ed., 2013, Cambridge University Press.
Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide, by D. L. Moché, 8th ed., 2014, Wiley.
Space Atlas: Mapping the Universe and Beyond, by J. Trefil, 2nd ed., 2018, National Geographic.
The Astronomy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, by DK, Illustrated ed., 2017, DK.
Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy, by T. Arny, S. Schneider, 9th ed., 2019, McGraw-Hill Education.
21st Century Astronomy, by L. Kay, S. Palen, G. Blumenthal, 6th ed., 2019, W. W. Norton & Company.
The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium, by J. M. Pasachoff, A. Filippenko, 5th ed., 2019, Cambridge University Press.
Schaum’s Outline of Astronomy, by S. Palen, 1st ed., 2001, McGraw Hill.