Astronomy 6
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)

Third Assignment (due Feb 28, 2008)

e-reserves for our course (use password : penprase6)

Fourth Assignment (due March 13, 2008)

Fifth Assignment (due March 27, 2008)

Sixth Assignment (due April 3, 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)