Astronomy Class, Week 7: Light & Atoms; EMR Spectrum; Spectroscopy; Telescopes
Read Chapter 5 in the textbook (The Essential Cosmic Perspective, 7th edition, Bennett et al, 2014).
View Astronomy Lecture 6 slides.
Learn about Light and Atoms at this NASA website.
Watch this lecture on Light & Atoms on YouTube.
Watch this lecture on the Electromagnetic Spectrum on YouTube.
Learn about Spectroscopy at this website.
Watch this BBC Video on Spectroscopy on YouTube.
See a good Overview of Telescopes on this YouTube video.
Learn Telescope Basics with David Fuller at EyesOnTheSky.com.
Post about what you've learned this week in the Astronomy Week 7 Forum on Sakai (no later than next Monday).
Take Week 7 Quiz on Sakai.