"Introduction à l'Astronomie" is a primer course (in French) for Master-1 students in geology. It corresponds to a series of lectures I have been giving since 1999 at the University of Nice and Sophia-Antipolis (UNSA). It is of course not intended to be a thorough and detailed presentation of the 'state-of-the-art' in any domain of Astronomy. The only aim is to give students some background, to raise questions, and to provide for basic knowledge about the sky and the most common celestial objects.
Contents:
* A reminder of basic notions
* Sky objects
* Historical milestones
* Time and space
* Basics in Celestial Mechanics
* Sort tour in the Solar System
* The Sun
* Astronomical instruments
* Where to go from here...
* Famous characters
* Glossairy
* Chronology
Sample illustrations:
* Triangulum Galaxy "M33" (cover page).
* Crab Nebula "M1" (chapter 1).
* The "Equation of Time" (chapter 3).
* The six orbital elements (chapter 4).
* Saturne (chapter 5).
* The solar chromosphere (chapter 6).
Download:
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The cover page (PostScript compressé 0.8 Mo)
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The full text (PDF 4.2 Mo)
