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Astrophysics (AQA A Level Physics)

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Telescopes

  1. Lenses & Ray Diagrams for Telescopes
  2. Refracting Telescopes
  3. Reflecting Telescopes
  4. Reflecting vs Refracting Telescopes
  5. Resolving Power of Telescopes
  6. Collecting Power of Telescopes
  7. Radio, IR, UV & X-Ray Telescopes
  8. Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) in Astronomy

Classification of Stars

  1. Brightness & Apparent Magnitude
  2. Inverse Square Law of Radiation
  3. Astronomical Distances
  4. Absolute Magnitude
  5. Wien’s Displacement Law
  6. Stefan's Law
  7. Emission & Absorption Spectra in Stars
  8. Stellar Spectral Classes
  9. Star Formation
  10. Life Cycle of a Low Mass Star
  11. Life Cycle of a High Mass Star
  12. Supernovae & Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs)
  13. Supernovae as Standard Candles
  14. Neutron Stars & Black Holes
  15. The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

Cosmology

  1. The Doppler Effect of Light
  2. Binary Star Systems
  3. Galactic Redshift
  4. Hubble's Law
  5. Evidence for the Big Bang
  6. Dark Energy
  7. Quasars
  8. Exoplanets

Telescopes

  1. Exam Questions

Classification of Stars

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Cosmology

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