Assignments files.
| ASSIGNMENT |
TOPICS |
ASSIGNMENT fILES |
| 1 |
Aristarchus' Method of Determining the Distance to the Moon
Aristarchus' Method of Determining the Distance to the Sun
Accuracy of Parallax Measurements of Stars
Distances to the Four Closest Stars
Practice with Angles
Solar Power
Power Output |
(PDF) |
| 2 |
Copernicus' Method of Finding the Distance to an Inferior Planet
Copernicus' Method of Finding the Distance to a Superior Planet
Mass of Jupiter
Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy
Geosynchronous Satellite
Dynamical Timescale of the Earth |
(PDF) |
| 3 |
Eccentric Orbits
Doppler Effect
Determination of the AU from Doppler Shifts
Determining the Mass of a Neutron Star
Planetary Orbital Periods
Refraction
Optics Problem |
(PDF) |
| 4 |
Short Problems on the Sensitivity and Angular Resolution of Telescopes
Three-Slit Diffraction Problem
Divergence of a Laser Beam
X-Ray Mirror
Semiclassical Derivation of the Energy Levels of the Hydrogen Atom
Short Optics Problems
Snell's Law Derived from Fermat's Principle |
(PDF) |
| 5 |
Derivation of the Stefan-Boltzmann and Wien Radiation Laws
Short Answer Questions on Magnitudes
Moving Cluster Method - The Hyades Cluster
Binary Orbit 1, 2, 3, and 4 |
(PDF) |
| 6 |
Magnitudes
Planck Distribution
The Visual and Spectroscopic Binary Sirius A and B
Short Binary Problems from Zeilik and Gregory
Short Questions on Spectral Types
Eclipsing Binary
Binary Radio Pulsar |
(PDF) |
| 7 |
Spectroscopic Parallax
Orbiting Globular Cluster
Spherical, Uniform-Density Model of the Galaxy
Model Galactic Rotation Curve
Absorption in the Galactic Plane
Rotation Curve |
(PDF) |
| 8 |
Constructing the Galactic Rotation Curve
Oort Constants
Kinematic Distances
Simplified Model of a Star
Fueling the Sun
Main-Sequence Lifetimes
Nuclear Binding Energies |
(PDF) |
| 9 |
Dimensional Analysis of Equations of Stellar Structure
Spectroscopic Parallax for a Globular Cluster
Ascending the Giant Branch
Mean Density of Collapsed Stars
Cooling White Dwarf
Maximum Rotation Rate for a Pulsar
Pulsar Spin-Down
Blackbody Radiation from a Neutron Star |
(PDF) |
| 10 |
Collapsing White Dwarf
Maximum Distances for Applying Standard Candles
Distance to a Nova
Optical Luminosity of a Supernova at Maximum
Cepheid Variables as Distance Indicators
Variations in the Radius of Cepheid Variables |
(PDF) |
| 11 |
X-Ray Burst Source
Accretion Powered X-Ray Source
Interstellar Extinction
21-cm Hydrogen Radiation
Distance to a Dark Cloud
Short Problems
Short Problems
Planetary Nebula |
(PDF) |
| 12 |
Orbiting Galaxies
Distance Determinations
Galaxy Redshift from the Ca II K Line
Measuring a Quasar Redshift
Identifying the Lines and Determining the Redshift of a Quasar
A Simple Determination of the Hubble Law
Free-Fall Time for a Cluster of Galaxies
Luminosity Function of Galaxies in Rich Clusters |
(PDF) |
| 13 |
Relativistic Doppler Effect
Cygnus A Radio Galaxy
Feeding a Black Hole
Distance-Redshift Relation
H0, τ0, and ρcrit
Expanding Balloon Analogy
Scale Factor and Age vs. Redshift
Dust in the Universe |
(PDF) |
The following computational problem sets are optional. For reference on the Runge-Kutta method of numerical integration, please see Numerical Recipes in Fortran, Chapter 16.1.
Assignments files.
| OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT |
TOPICS |
SOLUTIONS |
| 1 |
The Kepler Problem (PDF) |
(PDF - 2.5 MB) |
| 2 |
Stellar Polytropes (PDF) |
(PDF - 1.6 MB) |
| 3 |
White Dwarf Models (PDF) |
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