Imaging in Astronomy (Astronomy 130):

This new service course for non-majors draws upon real-world examples from
my own research interests to illustrate how image analysis is used to
extract information in astronomy. One of the objectives of this course is
to communicate that astronomical images obtained in different wavelength
bands can be used as a vehicle to gain a better understanding of the
physical laws. This course is designed for undergraduate non-science
majors interested in learning astronomy through the manipulation of
astronomical images of celestial objects. The IT group developed
nine web-based homework assignments which are given to
students once a week during the quarter. The links to these assignements
are as follows:

1) Jupiter
2) The Milky Way Galaxy
3) The Interstellar Extinction
4)The Evolution of Stars
5) Jets from Protostars
6) The Expansion of Supernova
7) Masers: Signppsts of Cosmic Collision
8) Motion of Stars around a massive Black Hole
9) Radio Filaments at the Core of the Galaxy

An overview of all assignments can be viewed at http://vygotsky.at.northwestern.edu:8080/hst/assignments/.

Interested in the project description, architecture and teaching & learning modules of these assignments to install on your own server visit http://vislab.northwestern.edu/hst/index.html.