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Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy concerned primarily with the properties and structure of cosmic objects, including the universe as a whole. In this course the properties of light, stellar evolution, and galactic dynamics are treated in quantitative manner. Here are the three main topics for this course:

1. The study of stars: their structure and evolution

2. The study of galaxies: their structure and evolution; the interstellar medium

3. Cosmology: the origin and evolution of the universe as a whole

Astronomy 335
Astrophysics

Instructor: Dr. Dan Bruton
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Stephen F. Austin State University

Grades:

Course Grades

PowerPoint Lectures Online

  • Step 1: Download Microsoft's Free PowerPoint Viewer to a temporary directory (e.g. c:\Temp\).
  • Step 2: Download one of Dr. Bruton's PowerPoint Lectures to the same temporary directory.
  • Step 3: Run Microsoft's Free PowerPoint Viewer for the PC. You will find it in the temporary directory.
  • Step 4: Load one of Dr. Bruton's PowerPoint Lectures and enjoy.

Homework and Review Sheets

Here are the homework sets and review sheets in Word format for the PC in case you misplace your copy of the homework or would simply like another copy.

Email Communications

One way to contact your instructor is by sending email to astro@sfasu.edu. To get a free Titan email account go to https://apache.sfasu.edu/accountman/.

You may forward e-mail from your Titan e-mail address to another address of your choice. To do this use this link: https://apache.sfasu.edu/accountman/mailindex.html

Computer Laboratory Exercises for Astronomy (CLEA)

      Project CLEA
      Astronomy 305 - Observational Astronomy
      • The Revolution of the Moons of Jupiter
      • The Rotation of Mercury by Doppler Effect
      • Photoelectric Photometry of the Pleiades
      • Astrometry of Asteroids
      • The Height of Lunar Mountains
      		Astronomy 335 - Astrophysics
      • Spectral Classification of Stars
      • The Hubble RedShift-Distance Relation
      • The Flow of Energy Out of the Sun
      • Radio Astronomy of Pulsars
      • The Large Scale Structure of the Universe

Cool Astronomy Links

Dan Bruton
astro@sfasu.edu