ASTR 688
Observational Cosmology
Spring 2002
MW 2-3:15 PM
CSS 0201
Prof. Stacy McGaugh
office: 1251 CSS
phone: (301) 405-7897
Suggested Texts
Principles of
Physical Cosmology
P.J.E. Peebles
Cosmological
Physics
J.A. Peacock
4m telescope at
Cerro Tololo
with the
Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds.
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Final Grades
Course Links
Work
Debate Project
Review Literature
Syllabus
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Description
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Outline
Useful Links
NASA's
ADS
(Astrophysical Data System), an excellent way to search the literature.
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e-print archive (astro-ph). Most astronomy papers appear here first as preprints.
e-Journals:
ApJ
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AJ
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MNRAS
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A&A
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PASP
Level 5
, an Extragalactic Kowledgebase at
NED
.
Google
: a good search engine.
Bibliofind
, a good resource for finding used and out-of-print books. (This is where I got my own copy of Peebles's textbook.)
Cosmic Perspective