Astronomy 161 - new course

iceman (Mike) · #1 21-09-2007, 06:12 AM

For those that may have listened to the 2006 edition of Astronomy 161 by Prof Richard Pogge at the Ohio-State University, you may be interested in knowing that the Autumn 2007 version has just kicked off.

The old podcast subscriber link doesn't work now, but there's a new XML to put in your podcatching software to download the latest lectures. It's only just started - only 1 lecture has been given so far.

You can see the notes and follow the link to the podcast section, here:

Astronomy 161 - An Introduction to Solar System Astronomy

It's a brilliant lecture series and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in how the night sky works, motions of the heavens, history of astronomy and how we learnt things, discussions of keplers 3 laws and newtonian physics, followed lastly by a tour through our solar system.

Well worth the time invested. I enjoyed the 2006 series immensely and was part way through my second helping when I discovered the podcast link was now broken, and discovered the 2007 lectures.

Enjoy.

middy · #2 21-09-2007, 03:05 PM

Thanks for the heads up

I am just working my way through the 2006 edition (up to lecture 8) and it is great so far. After the thread on podcasts the other week elsewhere on the forum, a whole new world has opened up for me.

The lectures are the perfect length for my bus trip into work (and here I was using my MP3 player to listen to my boring CD collection or the ad filled morning radio shows

)

As Iceman said they are a brilliant set of lectures and highly recommended.

Stevo69 · #3 22-09-2007, 07:33 PM

Thanks from me also. I love spoken word podcasts such as this.

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Originally Posted by middy

I am just working my way through the 2006 edition (up to lecture 8) and it is great so far.

Is the 2006 lectures the same? Or are they a completely different set?

iceman (Mike) · #4 22-09-2007, 10:54 PM

It's the same syllabus. The 2007 edition will have a few more up-to-date facts about our solar system I guess, but the historical aspects will still be the same.

Stevo69 · #5 23-09-2007, 07:00 AM

Thanks Mike

circumpolar (Matt) · #6 24-09-2007, 10:10 PM

You can also access the winter 2006 edition from Ohio State University of

ASTRONOMY 162

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-...-Podcast/22804

Also presented by Prof. Richard Pogge.

This is ment to follow ASTRONOMY 161.

Can't say how good this one is as I have just started to plough through the
44 podcasts!

While you're looking at the site, browse the podcast directory for the many other science shows.
Sooo much to learn. The easy way.

iceman (Mike) · #7 25-09-2007, 06:38 AM

I've already gone through Astronomy 162 - it's brilliant as well. Really enjoyed it.

Learnt heaps about stellar evolution and cosmology.

Stevo69 · #8 25-09-2007, 07:35 AM

I'm downloading them this week. Thanks all for the heads up. Along with Astronomy Cast, they provide an excellent, easy to understand resource.

h0ughy (David) · #9 25-09-2007, 07:50 AM

downloading everything now - man there is heaps. LOL i even bought a iRiver to keep them on

Mr. Subatomic · #10 28-09-2007, 10:20 AM

If Astronomy 160 is much the same as 161, is Astronomy 162 much the same as well?

iceman (Mike) · #11 28-09-2007, 12:08 PM

I'm not sure what you mean.

There is no Astronomy 160. There's 2 versions of Astronomy 161 - the 2006 edition and the (new) 2007 edition (ongoing right now). They are the same syllabus.

Astronomy 162 comes after 161, and covers star formation and evolution, galaxies and cosmology.

Stevo69 · #12 28-09-2007, 12:19 PM

I'm finding him really hard to listen to. He talks too fast and I just can't concentrate. But I'll keep them for future reference.

higginsdj · #13 29-09-2007, 08:37 PM

Wow - what a great find. I've just installed iTunes and bought an iPod. There's so much material out there. Berkeley, Ohio State, Michigan Tech as well as the AstroCast and more. I've already filled up the Nano's 4gb memory - so much to listen to and watch.

Is it worthwhile to have a forum/thread dedicated to astro education?

Cheers

h0ughy (David) · #14 29-09-2007, 10:11 PM

yep its information overload - but I am enjoying it

DobDobDob (Ron) · #15 29-09-2007, 10:16 PM

Me too, you can't complain about the price

iceman (Mike) · #16 30-09-2007, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by higginsdj

Is it worthwhile to have a forum/thread dedicated to astro education?

hmm, not opposed to the idea. I think a whole forum might be overkill though, because I think it would get stale pretty quickly. Not sure how much "new" information would be added.

But a dedicated sticky thread in this forum could work.

I found Astronomy Media Player website the other day, it's fantastic. Has a list/links to ALL astronomy podcasts/videocasts around the internet. Categories them too, so you can find the courses etc.

Using this website I discovered "Astro 10P", a course from University of California, Berkeley. It's not dissimilar to Astronomy 161/162, but it combines the two into 1 lecture series and skips through the old stuff much quicker. I've only listened to lecture 1 so far but I think I'll enjoy it.

Don't forget there's also the IceInSpace Podcasts page, which now that i've found some more, will need to update!

iceman (Mike) · #17 03-12-2007, 01:08 PM

So, Astronomy 161 podcast has just finished for the season.

Anyone except me keep listening right to the end?

Even though I'd already listenened to the full course from the 2006 edition, I still found it just as interesting, educational and entertaining the second time around.

h0ughy (David) · #18 03-12-2007, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

So, Astronomy 161 podcast has just finished for the season.

Anyone except me keep listening right to the end?

Even though I'd already listenened to the full course from the 2006 edition, I still found it just as interesting, educational and entertaining the second time around.

I havent had a chance to catch up on it

DJDD · #19 04-12-2007, 10:37 AM

I am ploughing through Astronomy 161 at the moment. Luckily, the drive to work = 1/2 a lesson so I get through about one lesson per day.

I quite liked the historical stuff. e.g. Newton- discovers 6 new theories whilst on an enforced break from teaching. hah! what did I do in the last two years?!?

I even listened to the chemistry overviews as it refreshed my knowledge from my university days.

DJDD

Dooghan (Dooghan) · #20 04-12-2007, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

So, Astronomy 161 podcast has just finished for the season.

Anyone except me keep listening right to the end?

Even though I'd already listened to the full course from the 2006 edition, I still found it just as interesting, educational and entertaining the second time around.

I listen to most of them while working. I good way of passing the day. MP3 player in the hardhat and 1 earphone down into the earmuff. I'm up to 40 and 6 to go. As I have an RDO today that's what I'll be doing and catching up on some others also. I found it a really interesting course. There was some podcast I had to listen a number of times to try and picture what he was was saying. I also found some of that maths just to hard to get my head around. Might have been easier if I had the slides in front of me. Learning about the history and the people was really enjoyable.

Dooghan