Everything is now taken off-line.
See the syllabus for details on grading policies, etc.
There is a website for general ASTR 110G information.
The website for the lab manual is also on-line. It's okay to print out labs, but check with your TA about some things that need to have the right scale images (like the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram lab).
Lego orrery:
This shows how to build a model of a planetary system around a star using
Legos. It's to demonstrate how to find extrasolar planets using the
transit method.
Seeing in the Dark: The URL to go along with the PBS show.
Includes sky maps, astrophotos, family activites, and other stuff.
Phases of the Moon:
A nice Java applet that shows the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth,
and the corresponding lunar phase.
Your Sky:
A java applet that produces a sky map, including positions of the planets.
A little hard to read in the default setting but play with the controls.
Solar-system Live:
A great site to show you the orbits of the planets.
Bad Astronomy:
This site debunks the bad astronomy seen on TV and in the movies.
For example, it goes into detail about errors in the 'Faked Moon Landing'
hoax.
SOHO:
the solar observatory in space. Watch for sunspots, flares, and
other space weather real-time.
The web-page for the NMSU
astronomy department
Apache Point Observatory: The 3.5
meter telescope run by NMSU and which we share with other universities.
Very Large Telescope: Images from the VLT showing what can be done from Earth.
Astronomy picture of the day:
New pictures of planets, stars, galaxies, etc.
Latest HST Releases:
The most recent images and press releases from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Sky and Telescope on-line: The magazine's
web-page, lots of information about astronomy news and what you can see
in the sky.