Ficha técnica de una asignatura en una titulación

· An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, B.W. Carrol & D.A. Ostlie, Reading, Addison-Weslay, 1996.
· Astronomía de posicion. Vives T.J., Madrid, Ed. Alhambra, 1971.
· Astronomía Fonamental, Martínez, V.J., Miralles, J.A. i Marco, E., València, Servei de Publicacion de la Universitat de València, 2001.
· Astronomía General. Teoría y Práctica, Galadí, D., Gutiérrez, J., Barcelona, Ed. Omega, 2001.
· Astronomía Moderna, L. Oster, Barcelona. Ed. Reverté, 1978
· Curso de Astronomía: General, Bakulin P.I., Kononovich E.V. , Moroz V.I., Moscou, Ed. Mir, 1987.
· Curso de Astronomía: teoría y práctica, Fabregat J., García M.R., Sendra R., Valèn

2. Spherical Astronomy.
Constellations.
Naming stars in catalogues.
The Earth
The celestial sphere.
Horizontal, equatorial and ecliptic co-ordinate systems.
Terrestrial circles.
Perturbation of co-ordinates:

3. Movement of astros.
Equations.
General properties.
Equations of the orbits.
KeplerÆs laws.

4. The solar system.
General characteristics.
Geometry of planetary positions.
The Sun, planets, satellites, asteroids and comets.
The moon. Eclipses.

5. Introduction to Astrophysics.

Study of light. Magnitudes and luminosity. The stars. Stellar parameters. Spectral classification. Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. Galaxies. The Milky Way. Structure and characteristics. Dark matter. Cosmology. The expansion of the universe. HubbleÆs law.
The age of the Universe. Critical density.

Practical program includes:
1. Height of the lunar mountains
2. Sky simulation Software. Skyglobe
3. Knowledge of sky and telescope.
4. Calculating latitude I and II.
5. Determining mass: Jupiter. KeplerÆs laws.
7. Pleya