PHYS 215 ( Introduction To Astronomy )


Course Instructor: Dr. Ali Mohammad Al-Shukri مدرس المادة: د. علي بن محمد الشكري

Final Exam (Make Up): 14 June 2008 @ 10:30 am in 6-105

Material Relevant to the Course

Examples from Chapter one	Examples: Kepler's 3rd Law
A synchronous satellite orbit	Muslim Contributions to Astronomy
Earth Size by Sons of Mosa ibn Shakir	Comparing Sizes of Planets and Stars
Phys215: Chapter 3 Kepler & Newton	Solar System Shrinks to 8 Planets
Astronomical Information	Astronomical Houses (in Arabic) المنازل الفلكية
Arabs and Muslims Astronomers (in Arabic) أسماء (أو كنيات) الفلكيين العرب والمسلمين	Astronomy & Astrology (in Arabic) علم الفلك والتنجـــــــــيم للأستاذ الدكتور حميد مجول النعيمى - نسخ من صفحة جمعية الإمارات للفلك

Useful Astronomy Websites (THINKQUEST WEBSITE )

Solar Eclipses until 2015

More Astronomical Resources

Home Page of the Author of the Text Book
Kepler's laws (www.alcyone.com/max/physics/kepler/index.html)

How to Choose a Telescope (site1 , site2 , site3 , site4)

How to choose the right Telescope ?

The Astrolabe An instrument with a past and a future

Coordinate Systems Dr. Jon K. Wooley, Physics and Astronomy Department , EMU

Astronomical Software and ASTRONOMY - FREE SOFTWARE

A Free program to draw sky charts: For use with Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP

Links to other astronomy pages:

Muslims & Arabs Contributions to Astronomy in Arabic (دور العرب والمسلمين في علم الفلك)
Islamic Astronomy
Khalid Shaukat's MoonSighting Page
Islam, Knowledge, and Science: 1000 years of missing history

Some Information about Astronomy in Arabic مقدمة موجزة عن علم الفلك باللغة العربية

الجمعية الكونية السورية		الجمعية الفلكية الأردنية
Syrian Cosmological Society		Jordanian Astronomical Society