Book Title: Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies
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Book Description: This workbook contains fill-in-the-blank notes and in-class activities for a college-level introductory general education course on Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies. It was developed for Astronomy 102 at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA.
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This workbook contains fill-in-the-blank notes and in-class activities for a college-level introductory general education course on Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies. Part 1 “Lives and Death of Stars” covers topics such as the Sun, fusion, parallax, magnitudes, types of stars, stellar evolution, and black holes. Part 2 “Galaxies, the Universe, and Aliens” covers galaxy types, the Milky Way, cosmology, the Big Bang, dark matter, dark energy, and the search for extraterrestrial life. The in-class activities include worksheets that can be completed in small groups as well as short personal writings. It was developed for Astronomy 102 at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA.
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Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies Copyright © by Kaisa Young is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Galaxies and stars
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Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies Copyright © by Kaisa Young is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.