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Basics of Astronomy. Casey McNamara. THE UNIVERSE. EVERYTHING. Galaxies, solar systems, planets, stars, black holes, clusters, dark matter, AGN. Galaxies. Elliptical. Galaxies. Spiral. Galaxies. Elliptical. Variable Stars. Stellar Evolution. H-R Diagram. Spectral Types.
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Basics of Astronomy Casey McNamara
THE UNIVERSE • EVERYTHING • Galaxies, solar systems, planets, stars, black holes, clusters, dark matter, AGN
Galaxies • Elliptical
Galaxies • Spiral
Galaxies • Elliptical
Views of MONET SAAO Sutherland hilltop view, including MONET MONET Telescope and McDonald Observatory
CCD and DSLR • Charged-coupled device • Found in CCD and DSLR • Digital Single Lens Reflex
Astroimaging Tools • Aperture Photometry Tool • Image J • Maxim DL • Photoshop
Dark and Flat Fields Dark Field Flat Field Signal to Noise • Ratio of signal power to noise corruption
Astronomy Today • David Lefreniere Spectroscopy and hidden exoplanets • Nicholas Cowan Looks at wavelengths to find water on other planets
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