This course provides an Undergraduate Introduction to Astronomy.

Lecture videos taught by Prof. Jason Kendall

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1. Telescopes: the Tools of Astronomy

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2. Atoms and Light: The Interaction and Nature of Light and Matter

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3. The Sun: Measuring and Understanding the Closest Star

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4. Calibrating the Cosmos: Measuring the Properties of the Distant Stars

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5. Galactic Nurseries: The Formation and Birth of Stars

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6. Stellar Evolution, Supernovae and the Fate of the Sun

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7. Stellar Corpses: White Dwarfs, Novae, Neutron Stars, and Pulsars

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8. Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Ray Bursts: Cosmic Catastrophes

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9. The Milky Way: Our Home Galaxy in the Cosmos

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10. The Realm of the Galaxies

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11. Big Bang Cosmology: the Origin and Fate of the Universe

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12. Foundations of Observational Astronomy: The Moon, the Seasons, and Mapping the Sky

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13. The Interlocked History of Gravity, Astronomy, and Light

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14. Spacetime Curvature: Gravity and Einstein's Special and General Relativity

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