SOARing to the Stars

Course Web Site

The following documents are modified versions of ones that are on the Course CD:

Age_of_Pleiades.doc (slight modifications to some figures)

The_Distance_to _the_Pleiades.doc (slight modifications to some figures)

Ordering_Information_for_Spectroscopy_Experiment.doc

Somebody asked me: What would the spectrum of a star made out of pure hydrogen look like?

The answer: H_spectrum.pdf

Powerpoint slide show and accompanying movie shown by Tim Beers

Mining the Milky Way (ppt)

galZoom.mpg

Sources of buzzers, etc. to make a Doppler shift generator

http://www.mpja.com/directview.asp?product=12280+SU

http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category/115/Buzzers.html

All Electronics also sells batteries, battery holders, etc.

You can also try going into a Radio Shack store and see if they have something, but we couldn’t instantly spot the right thing on their web page.

New or revised powerpoints from the “Age of the Universe” session:

Cosmology.ppt

CMB.ppt