Astronomy
6
Archaeoastronomy and World Cosmology
Archaeoastronomy and World Cosmology
Dr. Bryan Penprase
Pomona College Department of Physics and Astronomy
bpenprase@pomona.edu
Welcome to our Astronomy 6 Web site!
Featuring interesting links, class materials, and a host of useful resources for studying ancient astronomy!
Course Materials
Syllabus for the Astronomy 6 Class for Spring 2008
Outline of readings for the course for Spring 2008
Pomona College Archaeoastronomy Page
First Assignment (due Jan 31, 2008)
Introductory Survey (please fill out and bring to class, if you did not do it in class!)
Second Assignment (due Feb 14, 2008)
Useful links
Skygazer site -- an online textbook of naked eye astronomy
Constellation Site from U. Wisconsin, with astronomical information on every constellation
Zodiac Constellations Web site -- lots of information on the location and stars within each constellation
Stars web site with many interesting links on each star
Constellations from Jim Kaler -- an encyclopedia of constellation information online
Celestial Sphere site -- with many useful diagrams
List of the 26 brightest stars, with supplementary information on each star
Simple Lunar Phase java applet
Star name table organized by constellation with origins of each star's name
Vedic Astronomy site -- a site to help learn Indian and Hindu star names and astronomy
Another star name site with charts and origins of star names
Ian Ridpath's Star Tales web sites
Historical Celestial Atlases on the web
Basic Celestial Phenomena Site
Stars and Constellation site from University of Oklahoma
If you have comments or suggestions, please email me at bpenprase@pomona.edu
(above) LLech y Drybedd site, Wales UK, an example of a megalith structure known as a "dohlman" thought to be used in a burial site more than 3000 years ago. Image taken by Bryan Penprase, during summer of 2006 with archaeoastronomer Robin Heath and Diahann Hughes. (copyright Bryan Penprase 2006)