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Final Paper
- This should be a short paper on any topic in astronomy. This is instead of doing the last lab experiment.
- Length: 2-3 pages (700-1000 words)
- Due: Monday, April 23 (Section 0438 - Wed)
Thursday, April 26 (Section 0432 - Mon)
- You can e-mail me your paper if you would like.
Potential Topics:
- Parallax: A method of determining distances to stars
Animation
Some Info
- Active Galactic Nuclei
Wikipedia
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Different types of AGN: quasars, radio galaxies
- Star Formation
Wikipedia
More info
- Interstellar Medium
Wikipedia
- Death of a Star
Wikipedia
In particular: red giants, white dwarfs, planetary nebulae, supernovae, neutron stars, black holes
- Black Holes
Info
- Solar System
Plenty of sub-topics: the 8 planets, comets, asteriods, the Sun
- The Milky Way (No, not the candy!)
Wikipedia
Also, the galactic center
- Any other topic you can think of...
- Also, some magazines that you may want to look at (UF has online subsciptions to these):
Science, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy (0091-6358),
Scientific American, Discover (0274-7529)
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