Max Planck
Astronomy 404
Lecture 2, Aug. 28 Fall 2019

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Stellar Astrophysics Toolbox

Lightning Review of Light

  • electromagnetic radiation
  • electromagnetic spectrum
  • photons: energy, momentum
  • flux
  • standard candles

Photons in Thermal Equilibrium: Blackbody Radiation

 NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula

Lecture Archive


Brian D. Fields