Astronomy 7A

Course materials

Textbook companion websites

• Foundations of Astrophysics by Ryden & Peterson

  First recommended text.

• Modern Astrophysics by Carroll & Ostlie, 2nd Edition

  Second recommended text.

Useful Links

• Information on the Astrophysics Major at Berkeley

  The Astrophysics Major is light by design, so that students can double major in other technical subjects such as Physics or Math.

• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Handbook of Space Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Hubble Space Telescope
• Chandra X-ray Observatory
• American Astronomical Society Homepage
• Metric Prefixes

  For example, 10²⁴ = “Yotta”; 10⁻²⁴ = “Yocto.”

• NSF Undergraduate Research Site
• Berkeley Undergraduate Research Site