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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 2436 | yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Meet astronomer Doug Duncan2m
- Description and video of a total eclipse - watch people and animals freak out!4m
- How to watch an eclipse5m
- Overview of Course Topics and Goals2m
- Eclipses of the sun.1m
- Total vs. partial eclipses1m
- How Astronomers Study the Sun. The Sun's size compared with earth.4m
- Sunspots and the solar activity cycle
Reading
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Practice exercise
- Week 1 Quiz
Videos
- Why we mostly study the sun with different kinds of light, rather than spacecraft.
- What is light? Differences between red, blue, ultraviolet, and X-ray light.
- Properties of light. White light. Kirchhoff-Bunsen laws. How color tells you temperature.
- Don’t be fooled by reflected light!
- Is light a Wave? Is it a particle? It’s both! The strange world of quantum physics.
- Spectrum lines – how they tell us what the sun is made of; the quantum origin of spectrum lines.
- How visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays reveal the sun’s photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. Magnetic fields and the solar wind.
Practice exercise
- Week 2 Quiz
Videos
- Review of Week 2; overview of Week 3
- Newton's law of gravity
- The "pefect gas" law that explains temperature, pressure, and density
- Inside the sun; nuclear energy generation.
- The transport of energy from the sun's core to the surface
- Neutrinos and Sunquakes (solar seismology)
- Einstein proved right by a total eclipse - gravity warps space!
Practice exercise
- Week 3 Quiz
Videos
- What week 4 will Cover
- Regions of star formation in space.
- Converting gravitational potential energy into kinetic energy heats forming stars.
- Conservation of angular momentum causes a new star to spin.
- A previous generation of stars made the elements that formed the sun and planets.
- Different kinds of stars make different elements and recyle them into the galaxy.
- The formation of the planets around the sun
Practice exercise
- Quiz for Week 4
Videos
- Quick recap of weeks 1-4 and an outline of what week 5 will cover.
- Eclipses of the sun and moon. Who sees a total eclipse and who sees a partial eclipse?
- A personal description of the incredible drama of a total eclipse, how animals respond, how to watch safely.
- How to conduct neighborhood eclipse watching. How to make money and friends by being the one who prepares before eclipse day. Answers to Frequently Asked Questions. How to SAFELY use binoculars with a group.
Practice exercise
- Week 5 Quiz
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