General astronomy

Dr. Gordana Apostolovska, Professor

Course content:

• The subject of astronomy.

• Spherical trigonometry. Celestial coordinate systems (horizontal, equatorial, ecliptic, galactic) and special positions of celestial objects in the sky.

• Constellations (circumpolar, winter, spring, summer, autumn, anticircumpolar).

• Apparent movements of the Sun, the Moon, the planets, comets, asteroids. Ptolemaic geocentric system.

• Time in astronomy. Sidereal, Solar, Zonal, Universal UT, Decretal Time. Calendars.

• Structure of the solar system. Solar nebula theory, planetesimal theory. Terrestrial, gaseous and dwarf planets. Small objects in the solar system. Heliosphere.

• Real motions of the moon, planets, asteroids and comets.. Copernicus heliocentric system. Kepler's laws. Elements of planetary orbit.

• Tides. Roche's limit. Solar and lunar eclipse. Saros. Olulations.

• Astronomical refraction. Dusk. Daily and annual parallax. Daily and annual aberration. Luna-solar precession. Nutation. Own movement.

• Structure of the Sun and its activity. Sources of stellar energy.

• Apparent and absolute magnitude. Using standard "candles" when determining distances. Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.

• Milky way. Local Galactic Cluster. Evidence for the expansion of space. Origin and evolution of the universe.

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• Редовен професор д-р Гордана Апостоловска

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