David Tindall's Astronomy Page


International Year of Astronomy events in Nova Scotia, and beyond

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Current Weather and Forecasts for Halifax, Nova Scotia (Shearwater)



Click this link for charts of the Nova Scotia evening sky (in Adobe Acrobat format), courtesy of the Burke-Gaffney Observatory at Saint Mary's University and click here for information on theirPublic Tours


The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Atmospheric Optics Rainbows, Haloes, Glories, Crepuscular rays, Sundogs ... all kinds of atmospheric phenomena

Animation of LIBRATION ... use this link for the original source (and other interesting animations).

The very latest SOHO images of the Sun

Nucleosynthesis Movies from JINA


"Powers of Ten" video

A video of the tides at Hopewell Rocks, NB

AURORA

View Earth from any (Earth) Satellite


PHYC 2451 & 2452: Astronomy I & II Class Information Sheet

Recent Quizzes and Examination papers:

Quiz #1 (Oct/08), Quiz #2 (Nov/08), 2451 Final Examination (Dec/08)
Quiz #3 (Feb/09), Quiz #4 (Mar/09), 2452 Final Exam (Apr/09)
ANSWERS to 2008/09 Quizzes and Exams

Quiz #1 (Oct/09), Quiz #2 (Nov/09), 2451 Final Examination (Dec/09)
Quiz #3 (Feb/10), Quiz #4 (Mar/10), 2452 Final Exam (Apr/10)
ANSWERS to 2009/10 Quizzes and Exams

Web-site for the PHYC 2451/2452 text book


Information on the Planets etc.

Mercury
Messenger -- MErcury, Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging

Venus
Photographs of the 1882 Transit of Venus -- Mount Hamilton, CA. (Animated by Sky & Telescope)

Mars
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Exploration Rover Mission
Mars Panorama   (Needs QuickTime VR)
How they really made the Mars Panorama ;-)
Trouble drilling Mars rock ;-)

Jupiter
Project Galileo
Galileo Solid State Imaging Full Data Releases

Saturn
Cassini-Huygens Home

Uranus
The Miranda Movie

Space Telescopes
Spitzer Space Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope (STScI)


Other interesting links

Sky at Night (Monthly BBC series with Patrick Moore, broadcast almost continuously since April 1957)
SKY & TELESCOPE home page
The Nine(?) Planets -- A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
Live Images of the Sun from NSO
ZOOM ASTRONOMY
From Stargazers to Starships
Want to know the time?


  • Dalhousie Physics Web Page
  • Dalhousie Physics Seminars Page
  • The APICS Physics and Astronomy Committee
  • Bob Hawkes' WWW Astronomy Links
  • The Home Page of Dave Lane
  • The Earth Centered Universe (Planetarium Program) Home Page
  • The Halifax Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
  • Nova Notes, the Halifax Centre's newsletter.
  • Mike Boschat's Astronomy Page
  • Dalhousie University Home Page
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