Astronomy
| Type of study | Follow-up MasterBachelor |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Code | 544-0089/03 |
| Abbreviation | A |
| Course title | Astronomy |
| Credits | 5 |
| Coordinating department | Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying |
| Course coordinator | prof. Ing. Jan Kostelecký, DrSc. |
Subject syllabus
1. Introduction to Astronomy
2. Phenomena in the Sky and History of Astronomy
3. Astronomical Coordinates: Spherical, Equatorial, and Ecliptic
4. Factors Affecting Coordinate Changes: Precession and Nutation
5. Sidereal Time, Rotation Times, Julian Date
6. Solar System, Kepler's Laws, Ephemerides
7. Planets, Natural Satellites, and Methods of Discovery
8. Moon's Orbit Around the Earth, Synchronous Rotation, Libration
9. Fundamental Parameters of the Sun, Structure and Composition, Thermonuclear Reactions
10. Definition of a Star, Mass and Size of Stars, Spectral Classification
11. Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, Supernovae, Neutron Stars
12. Characteristics of Our Spiral Galaxy, Galactic Center Region
13. Cosmology, Universe Inflation, Structure of the Universe
2. Phenomena in the Sky and History of Astronomy
3. Astronomical Coordinates: Spherical, Equatorial, and Ecliptic
4. Factors Affecting Coordinate Changes: Precession and Nutation
5. Sidereal Time, Rotation Times, Julian Date
6. Solar System, Kepler's Laws, Ephemerides
7. Planets, Natural Satellites, and Methods of Discovery
8. Moon's Orbit Around the Earth, Synchronous Rotation, Libration
9. Fundamental Parameters of the Sun, Structure and Composition, Thermonuclear Reactions
10. Definition of a Star, Mass and Size of Stars, Spectral Classification
11. Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, Supernovae, Neutron Stars
12. Characteristics of Our Spiral Galaxy, Galactic Center Region
13. Cosmology, Universe Inflation, Structure of the Universe
Literature
Sir Norman Lockyer,Science primers Science primers, ed. by Professors Huxley, Roscoe, and Balfour Stewart, D. Appleton, 1885, Michigan
Advised literature
Michael Zeilik: Astronomy: The Evolving Universe, Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 0521800900, 9780521800907,pgs: 552
Marc Leslie Kutner, Astronomy: A Physical Perspective,Cambridge University Press, 2003,ISBN 0521529271 , 9780521529273,
pgs: 582
Marc Leslie Kutner, Astronomy: A Physical Perspective,Cambridge University Press, 2003,ISBN 0521529271 , 9780521529273,
pgs: 582