NATS 1740- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 49 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1740
• Professor: Tatiana Paulin

Document Summary

The first astronomy lesson of the course will introduce you to the general study of astronomy as encompassing. You will also be introduced to the general concepts of scales of sizes, distances, time, and motion in our universe. Exploring such vast scales will help to give you an overview of our own place in the context of the universe, both in space and time. Main topics scientific notation scales of sizes and distances in the universe light travel as a measure of distance and time scales of time in the universe scales of motion within the universe. You should also complete the following activities in the study area of mastering astronomy: Studying the scales of sizes, distances and time will help to provide a proper frame of reference for you as the. Introduction to astronomy: crash course astronomy #1 (12 minutes) https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=0rhudwjr5gg&index=1&list=pl8dpuualjxtpajr1ysd5ygiyisfuh0mil (series of short video clips on various astronomy topics, with phil plait and pbs productions)