These are the notes for the second term of a three term astronomy sequence given at the University of Oregon. The three courses are

This sequence covers the general subject...

These notes were originally created for Winter Term, 1995-6. They are being gradually updated for Fall Term, 2007-8. In this process, I am trying to keep page content similar to what was there and maintain the URLs of pages, since many people outside the UO use these pages. For example, if you type "Hertsprung Russell Diagram" into Google, the appropriate page from this course is the number three hit, after Google's collection "Image results for Hertsprung Russell Diagram" and the entry for this subject from Wikipedia. Note that these pages are rather low tech. That's deliberate. Also, some links to outside sources don't work. That's not deliberate. It is simply because not much has been done to maintain these pages since 1995-6.

Class Organization

Quiz page

Lecture Notes

  1. 24 September 2007
  2. 26 September 2007
  3. 2 October 2007
  4. 4 October 2007
  5. 9 October 2007
  6. 11 October 2007
  7. 15 October 2007
  8. 23 October 2007
  9. 25 October 2007
  10. 30 October 2007
  11. 1 November 2007
  12. 6 November 2007
  13. 8 November 2007
  14. 13 November 2007
  15. 20 November 2007
  16. 27 November 2007
  17. 29 November 2007

Subject Notes:

Davison E. Soper, Institute of Theoretical Science, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403 USA