Useful links

Fuertes Observatory at Cornell. Note that the start time in winter is 8 pm, not 9 pm as stated on the home page.

Astronomical Applications website at the U.S. Naval Observatory.

The Worlds in the Solar System - some quick to-scale comparisons.

Books on reserve

Two books are now available on reserve from the Physical Sciences Library in Clark Hall.

• The Cosmic Perspective: The Solar System, 5th Ed. - our textbook.
• Thomas Kuhn, The Copernican Revolution - An excellent account of how Nicolas Copernicus changed astronomy. More thorough than the treatment we will give in lecture, but an even better resource than the textbook. Note that multiple copies are available for borrowing at Olin and Clark.

If the reserve proves useful, we will put more books there as the semester progresses. Feedback on this matter would be appreciated!

Last modified 26 February, 2009.