- Introduction. Subject of Astronomy. Parts of Astronomy. General Picture of the Universe Construction .
Origin and Development of Astronomy. Astronomy and the World View.
- Basis of Spherical and Practical Astronomy. Starry Sky. Constellations. Celestial Sphere. Basic
Points, Lines, Circles on Celestial Sphere, Its Rotation. Spherical Coordinates Systems: Horizontal,
and Equatorial Coordinates, Ecliptical System. Navigation Triangle. Transformation of Celestial Coordiates.
Sky Map. Catalogues. Changes of Star's Coordinates as a Result of Daily Rotation of Celestial Sphere.
Phenomenons Which Lead to Celestial Coordinates Changes. Refraction. Parallax. Diurnal and Annual
Parallaxes. Aberration. Precession. Motion of Equator, Ecliptic and Their Poles. Peculiar Motion. Nutation.
- Time Measuring. Apparent Path of the Sun. Ecliptic. Changes of Solar Equatorial Coordinates.
Apparent Diurnal Path of Sun on Different Latitudes. Seasons, Climatic Zones. Stellar Day, Stellar Time.
Real Solar Day. Real Solar Time. Conception of the Mean Sun. Mean Day. Mean Solar Time.
Time Equations. Tropical Year. Connections between Stellar and Mean Time. Time Frame Reference: Local,
Zone, Universal, Ephemeral, Atomic Time. Basis of Calendar Construction. Types of Calendars.
- Kinematics of Solar System Bodies. Apparent Path and Configuration of Planets.
Heliocentric Universe Model. Synodical Motion Equations. Kepler Laws. Planet's Orbits, Determination of
Planet's Distances. Scales of Solar System. Apparent Path, Configuration and Phases of the Moon.
Moon's Orbit. Moon's Rotation, Librations. Covering of Stars by the Moon. Solar and Lunar Eclipses.
- Elements of Celestial Mechanics and Dynamics of Space Flight. The Law of Gravity. Problem of Two Bodies.
Generalized Kepler's Laws. Determination of Celestial Bodies Mass. Problem of Three and More Bodies.
Conception of Perturbed Motion. Problems of Solar System Stability. Motion of Artificial Satellites of the
Earth. Elements of Practical Cosmonautics. Space Vehicles' Flights to the Moon and Planets. Achievments of
Cosmonautics.
- Basis of Astrophysics. Electromagnetic Radiation. Laws of Radiation and Absorption of the Light.
Basis of Astrophotometry. Pogson Formula. Colorimetry. Photometric Systems. Absolute Magnitude.
Stellar Luminosity. Elements of Atomic Spectrum Theory. Dopler, Zeeman and Stark Effects.
Gas Laws. Sources of Stars' Energy. Ways of Energy Transportation to Stellar Surface.Basis of
Spectral Analysis. Non-thermal Ways of Radiation.
- Systems of Optical Telescopes. Solar Telescopes. Radio-Telescopes and Radio-Interpherometers.
IR, UV and X-Telescopes. Radiation Receiver. Registration of Energy on Extra-Optical Ranges.
- Physical Nature of Solar System's Bodies. Sun. Main Parameters. Solar Constant. Spectrum. Chemical
Structure. Internal Structure. Solar Atmosphere. Solar Wind. Solar Activity, Its Cyclic Recurrence.
Solar-Terrestrial Connections. Phenomenons in Magnetosphere and Biosphere of Earth.
- Planets and Their Satellites. Description of Earth Group Planets. Giant Planets. Planets' Rings.
Volcanism of Planets. Exploration of Planets by Space Vehicles. Small Planets. Comets. Meteors
and Meteor Streams. Meteorites. Zodiac Light.
- Physics of Stars and Nebulae. Stars Distances. Luminosity, Radiuses and Temperatures of Stars.
Spectrums of Stars. Spectral Classification. Physical Conditions in Bowels of Stars. Models of Stars.
Degenerated Stars. Black Holes.
- Binary Stars: Visual-Binary, Eclipse-Binary, Spectral-Binary Ones. Determination of Binary Star
Components' Mass. Invisible Stars' Satellites. SETI Problem.
- Pulsating Variable Stars: Cepheids. Lyrids, Virginids. Long-Periodical, Irregular
and Semiregular Variable Stars. Theory of Variable Stars' Pulsation.
- Eruptive Variable Stars. Novae and Nova-likes. Supernovae. Pulsars. X-Variable Stars.
- Diffusion Matter in Galaxy. Interstellar Light Absorption. Nebulae. Emissive Nebulas.
ЭВВ-Zones. Magnetic Filds in Interstellar Medium. Cosmic Rays.
- Basis of Galactic and Extra-Galactic Astronomy. Our Galaxy. Milky Way. Methods of Stellar
Statistics. Stellar Clusters and Associations. Peculiar Motions and Radial Velocity of Stars. Rotation of
Galaxy. Stellar Populations and Subsystems. Spiral Structure and Nucleas of Galaxy.
- Other Galaxies, Their Classification and Distances. Red Shift in Spectrums of Galaxies.
Physical Properties of Galaxies. Galaxy Nucleas and Their Activity. Radiogalaxies. Quasars. Distribution
of Galaxies in Space.
- Elements of Cosmology and Cosmogony. Modern Ideas of Quantum Birth of the Universe. Inflationary
Universe. Early Stages of the Universe Expansion. Galaxies Forming. Evolution of Stars. Gravitational
Collapse. Features of Compact Binary Systems Evolution. Elements of Planet Cosmogony.
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