Physics 150/155: Introductory Astronomy

SUNY Cortland

Fall 2021

• Instructor
  • Dr. Douglas Armstead
  • Bowers 127
  • 607-753-2919
  • douglas.armstead@cortland.edu
  
  
• Lecture
  • Sperry 204
  • Tuesday & Thurday
  • 1:15-2:30 pm
  • Course Syllabus
  
  
• Lab
  • Instructor: Beth Pennell
  • Bowers 1112
  • Wednesday and Thursday
  • 7:00-8:50 pm
  
  
• Text
  • Free and legal digital copy of textbook. Print copies are available at the campus bookstore. The web version may uses a different numbering of the problem sets than the print and pdf (which I use when selecting and assigning the homework.)
  • Authors: Frankoni, Morrison and Wolff
  • Title: Astronomy
  • Edition: 1st
  • Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • Publisher: OpenStax
  
  
• Homework
• Course Supplementals
  • The publisher provides a number of resources for free to students
  • Sky maps provide a free monthly guide to things you can see in the night sky. This currently useful on is here (September 2021)
  • A discussion of water and Venus from Vanderbilt.