This series covers an entire introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics course. It can be used in its entirety or in parts. There are some videos which are much heavier on the mathematics than is appropriate for a true introductory course. However, the series serves as a springboard into Sophomore level classes in Astrophysics. The readings from the OpenStax Astronomy online textbook provide additional resources relevant to the topics in the videos. All the videos are externally hosted on YouTube, and when you click on one, you'll be directed to a short playlist of the entire module. Jason Kendall is the Astronomy Laison Coordinator for William Paterson University. He does public talks and media appearances on Astronomy and Science. https://www.wpunj.edu/cosh/departments/physics/faculty/Kendall.html Module 1: Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 6: Astronomical Instruments Video Lectures 01_01: Telescopes, part 1: Refraction and Reflection 01_02: Telescopes, part 2: Angular Resolution and Seeing 01_03: Telescopes, part 3: Plate Scale, Focal Ratio and Magnification 01_04: Extremely Basic Concepts about CCDs 01_05: Big Telescopes and High Resolution 01_06: Radio Telescopes 01_07: Space-Based Telescopes 01_08: All Sky Astronomy Surveys Module 2: Atoms and Light: The Interaction and Nature of Light and Matter Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 5: Radiation and Spectra Video Lectures 02_01: The Nature of Light, Part 1 02_02: The Nature of Light, Part 2 02_03: Stellar Brightness and Magnitudes 02_04: Color and Temperature 02_05: Kirchhoff's Laws of Spectroscopy 02_06: Atoms, Elements and Isotopes 02_07: The History of the Atom 02_08: The Bohr Model of the Atom Module 3: The Sun Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 15: The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star 16: The Sun, a Nuclear Powerhouse Video Lectures 03_01: The Sun's Bulk Properties 03_02: The Sun's Surface Appearance 03_03: The Core of the Sun 03_04: Energy Transport in the Sun 03_05: What Powers the Sun? 03_06: The Solar Neutrino Problem Module 4: Measuring the Stars Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 3: Orbits and Gravity 3.3: Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation 17: Analyzing Starlight 18: The Stars, a Celestial Census 19: Celestial Distances Video Lectures 04_01: Stellar Spectral Classification 04_02: Parallax and Proper Motion 04_03: Binary Stars, Visual and Spectroscopic 04_04: Binary Stars Again: Eclipses, Masses and Planets 04_05: Binary Stars 3; The Mass of Proxima b and Stellar Masses 04_06: The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram 04_07: Stellar Radii 04_08: Stellar Mass, Luminosity and Lifespan 04_09: Spectroscopic Parallax 04_10: Star Clusters and Stellar Evolution Module 5: Star Birth and Origins Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 20: Between the Stars: Gas and Dust in Space 21: The Birth of Stars and the Discovery of Planets outside the Solar System Video Lectures 05_01: Stellar Evolution Overview 05_02: The Phases of the Interstellar Medium 05_03: Giant Molecular Clouds 05_04: HII Regions and Star Forming Regions 05_05: Protostars Module 6: Star Death Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 22: Stars from Adolescence to Old Age 23: The Death of Stars Video Lectures 06_01: Evolution of Solar Mass Stars 06_02: The Evolution of High Mass Stars 06_03: Core-Collapse Supernovae 06_04: Supernova Remnants Module 7: Stellar Corpses: White Dwarfs, Novae and Neutron Stars Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 23: The Death of Stars Video Lectures 07_01: White Dwarf Stars 07_02: Novae and Supernovae Type Ia 07_03: Neutron Stars 07_04: Pulsars, X-ray Binaries and Kilonovas Module 8: Stellar Corpses: Black Holes and Gravitational Waves Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 23: The Death of Stars 24: Black Holes and Curved Spacetime Video Lectures 08_01: Black Holes. 08_02: Gamma Ray Bursts 08_03: Gravitational Waves Discovered 08_04: Gravitational Waves' First Light Module 9: The Milky Way Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 25 The Milky Way Galaxy Video Lectures 09_01: The Cosmic Address 09_02: The Cosmic Distance Debate 09_03: The Milky Way's Many Faces 09_04: The Milky Way's Pop I and II Stars 09_05: Milky Way Formation, Evolution and Fate 09_06: The Milky Way's Spiral Arms 09_07: Dark Matter in the Milky Way and Beyond 09_08: The Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way Module 10: Galaxies in the Cosmos Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 26: Galaxies 27: Active Galaxies, Quasars, and Supermassive Black Holes 28: The Evolution and Distribution of Galaxies Video Lectures 10_01: Hubble's Galaxy Classification Scheme 10_02: Colliding Galaxies 10_03: the Cosmic Distance Ladder 10_04: Cosmological Redshift 10_05: Groups and Clusters of Galaxies 10_06: Galaxy Evolution and Deep Surveys 10_07: Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars 10_08: Active Galactic Nuclei, Quasars and their Evolution Module 11: Cosmology and the Big Bang Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 29: The Big Bang Video Lectures 11_01: Cosmic Homogeneity and Isotropy 11_02: The Hot Big Bang 11_03: The Cosmic Microwave Background 11_04: The First Three Minutes of the Universe 11_05: Large Scale Structure Formation 11_06: The Inflationary Epoch 11_07: The Ultimate Fate of the Universe Module 12: Fundamentals of the Sky Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 1: Science and the Universe 2: Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy 3: Orbits and Gravity 4: Earth, Moon, and Sky Video Lectures 12_01: Finding our way around the sky, and our Place in Space 12_02: Earth's orbit and tilt. The Seasons, the Year and the Day 12_03: Lunacy! Phases, Eclipses and Orbit of the Moon. 12_04: Distance, Parallax and Parsecs 12_05: How Round the Earth? How Far the Sun? 12_06: I Got the Sun in the Mornin' and the Moon at Night... 12_07: Why did we once think Earth was at the center? Module 13: The Birth and Rise of Science Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 3: Orbits and Gravity 3.3: Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation Video Lectures 13_01: The Dawning of Astrophysics 13_02: Galileo, the Farther of Science 13_03: Galileo's Denouement 13_04: Newton's Laws as well as his Guidelines 13_05: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Equation? 13_06: And Yet It Moves: Galileo Vindicated 13_07: Wave Motions Everywhere 13_08: The Emerging Ideas about Light 13_09: Newton's Corpuscles of Light: So Close, but So Far.... 13_10: The End of Newton's Theory of Light Module 14: Special and General Relativity Reading from OpenStax Astronomy 24: Black Holes and Curved Spacetime Video Lectures 14_01: Faraday, Maxwell and the Aether 14_02: The Speed of Light and the Michelson Morley Experiment 14_03: The Great Relativistic Conundrum 14_04: Special Relativity's Implications 14_05: Special Relativity in Detail 14_06: General Relativity Raison d'être 14_07: General Relativity Curvature and Tests 14_08: General Relativity: The Bending of Light's Path 14_09: General Relativity, The Slowing of Time by Gravity 14_10: The Tides Solar System and Exoplanets Overview Mars Explore Seven Minutes of Terror Curiosity Landing on Mars Curiosity's First Year on Mars First Detections of Organic Molecules on Mars Curiosity Finds that Mars Could have Supported Life in the Past Liquid Water on Mars Moon President Kennedy's Speech Earthrise at the Moon Launch of Apollo 11 Apollo 11 Ice Confirmed at the Poles of the Moon Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Space Oddity on board the ISS National Space Council at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Voyager Voyager Main Page Voyager's Great Mission The Pale Blue Dot The Pale Blue Dot Poem The Golden Record Exoplanets with Kepler Space Telescope and TESS Explore the Exoplanets Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Sara Seager talks about Exoplanets