What are the constellations? We will review the most basic feature of
the night sky, the 6000 visible stars sprinkled about the sky, and
introduce the idea of constellations, reviewing their history and uses
by various cultures. Recorded 2007 Sep 21 in 1000 McPherson Lab on the
Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.
Mar 2006
Lecture 44: Life, the Universe, and Everything (Life Part II)
How can we search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and what are we looking for? This second part of a 2-part lecture picks up where we left off yesterday by examining SETI, the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, and reviews what we might look for and how. We will use thi ... Show More
45m 56s
Sep 2006
Lecture 2: Astronomical Numbers
Before we can begin our exploration of astronomy, we need to develop a
common language for notating large numbers, and introduce the basic
units of length, mass, and time that we will use throughout the quarter.
We will first re-introduce the basic metric system, explaining how t ... Show More
43m 29s