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The course objective is to provide students with information about stars. At the end of the course, a student should have a well-rounded knowledge of stars, astronomy, radiation, and observational and theoretical astronomy, each as they apply to stellar radiation sources in the sky especially at night.

The course is built upon the ongoing research performed by astronomers around the world and in the not so empty space above the Earth's atmosphere.

In line with the Wikiversity ideal of learning by doing are sixteen laboratory opportunities, an equal number of problem sets at several levels, and participatory lessons. To present a wide variety of concepts within stars, there are some forty-eight lectures which are also partly articles as references from the scholarly literature are included to challenge the student and open doors to further curiosity.

Within the stars/course are several others, including Solar astronomy and those you put together to learn by doing!

Prerequisites

A working knowledge of calculus and physics is beneficial. Most concepts presented require only an understanding of algebra. Additional learning resources are also provided through the course to increase a student's background knowledge.

Lectures

  1. A stars
  2. Barium stars
  3. Betelgeuse
  4. Binary stars
  5. Blue stars
  6. B stars
  7. Carbon stars or C stars
  8. CNO stars
  9. Cyan stars
  10. Degenerate stars or D stars
  11. Dwarf stars
  12. Electron stars
  13. Emission stars or E stars
  14. Flare stars
  15. F stars
  16. Galaxies
  17. Galactic evolution
  18. Gamma-ray stars
  19. Giant stars
  20. Green stars
  21. G stars
  22. CH stars or H stars
  23. Hypergiant stars
  24. Hypervelocity stars
  25. Infrared stars
  26. Population I, Population II, Population III stars or I stars
  27. J stars
  28. K stars
  29. L stars
  30. Main-sequence stars
  31. Milky Way
  32. M stars
  33. Neutrino stars
  34. Neutron stars
  35. Nova-like stars
  36. Novas
  37. N stars
  38. Orange stars
  39. O-type stars
  40. Primordial stars or P stars
  41. Q stars
  42. Quasars
  43. Radiative dynamos
  44. Red stars
  45. R stars
  46. Stellar sciences
  47. Sirius
  48. Solar systems
  49. Spiral galaxies
  50. S stars
  51. Star-forming regions
  52. Star fissions
  53. Stars
  54. Starspots
  55. Stellar active regions
  56. Stellar astronomy
  57. Stellar evolution
  58. Stellar surface fusion
  59. Subdwarf stars
  60. Subgiant stars
  61. Sun
  62. Supergiant stars
  63. Supernovas
  64. T stars
  65. U stars or Uranium stars
  66. Ultraviolet stars
  67. Variable stars
  68. Vega
  69. Violet stars
  70. V stars
  71. Wolf-Rayet stars or W stars
  72. X-ray classification of stars
  73. X-ray stars or X stars
  74. Yellow stars
  75. Y stars
  76. Z stars

Laboratories

Lessons

Problem sets

Quizzes

Additional courses

  1. Astrochemistry
  2. Principles of radiation astronomy
  3. Radiation astronomy/X-rays/Course
  4. Solar astronomy

See also

  • Radiation astronomy
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