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Radio Astronomy: Observing the Invisible Universe

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English
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12 hours 43 minutes
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Level

Beginner

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Explore the thrilling world of pulsars, quasars, and supermassive black holes with an active radio astronomer.

Syllabus

01: Radio Astronomy and the Invisible Universe
02: Thermal Radio Emission: The Planets
03: The Birth of Radio Astronomy
04: The Discovery of Interstellar Hydrogen
05: Radio Telescopes and How They Work
06: Mapping the Hydrogen Sky
07: Tour of the Green Bank Observatory
08: Tour of the Green Bank Telescope
09: Hydrogen and the Structure of Galaxies
10: Pulsars: Clocks in Space
11: Pulsars and Gravity
12: Pulsars and the 300-Foot Telescope
13: The Big Bang: The Oldest Radio Waves
14: H II Regions and the Birth of Stars
15: Supernovas and the Death of Stars
16: Radio Stars and Early Interferometers
17: Radio Source Counts
18: Active Galactic Nuclei and the VLA
19: A Telescope as Big as the Earth
20: Galaxies and Their Gas
21: Interstellar Molecular Clouds
22: Star Formation and ALMA
23: Interstellar Chemistry and Life
24: The Future of Radio Astronomy
25: Three New Discoveries
By This Professor

Taught by

Felix J. Lockman, Ph.D.

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