Night Sky Course (Week 2)

Once again here are some links and further reading on topics we discussed last night.

Stellarium astronomy software
Star charts
Spring constellations (starts on p. 9)
More Spring constellations (p.7)
Even more Spring constellations (p.9)
Polaris (p.2)
Gliese 581c

Measuring the size of the Universe and distances to astronomical bodies is done by several techniques:
Parallax
Cepheid variables
Redshift and
Supernovae and galaxy rotation rates

I hope you find these useful, see you next week!