Richard Hammar teaches an introductory course in astronomy at a local university, and most of his lectures are available as podcasts. Just click on the player button by the lecture you would like to hear. Subscribe with your podcast receiver via the subscription link (on right) or via the direct download link.
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Astronomy Class - Chapter 1 - Jan 21, 2008 (36.78 MB)
Chapter 1: Introduction and a Grand Tour of the Heavens
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The Star of Bethlehem - What Was It? (19.35 MB)
Richard Hammar speaking to the Springfield (Missouri) Astronomy Club in June 2007, on the subject of astrophotography
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Astronomy Class - Chapter 2 - Jan 28, 2008 (34.79 MB)
Chapter 2: Light, Matter, and Energy
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Astrophotography - (19.35 MB)
Richard Hammar speaking to the Springfield (Missouri) Astronomy Club in June 2007, on the subject of astrophotography
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Astronomy Class - Chapter 3 - Feb 4, 2008 (34.03 MB)
Chapter 3 - Light and Telescopes
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Religion and Astronomy - (5.35 MB)
Richard Hammar is interviewed about his views on religion and science by a magazine editor
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Astronomy Class - Chapter 4 - Feb 18, 2008 (33.24 MB)
Chapter 4 - Observing Stars and Planets: The Clockwork Universe
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2007-10 Part 2 - 02-06-2007 (10.31 MB)
Life in the universe (continued)
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2007-10 Part 1 - 02-06-2007 (17.97 MB)
Edwin Hubble and the expanding universe; life in the universe
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2007-9 Part 2 - 02-06-2007 (11.86 MB)
A universe of galaxies;
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2007-9 Part 1 - 02-06-2007 (14.97 MB)
The Milky Way galaxy and dark matter (continued); Sagittarius A; population I and II stars
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2007-8 Part 2 - 02-06-2007 (14.21 MB)
Supernovae; the Milky Way galaxy; dark matter
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2007-8 Part 1 - 02-06-2007 (15.82 MB)
Life cycle of small and medium stars, and planetary nebulae (continued); life cycle of large stars; neutron stars; pulsars
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2007-7 Part 2 - 02-06-2007 (11.58 MB)
Nuclear fusion (continued); Pauli exclusionary principle; supernovae--the source of heavy elements; the Anthropic Principle; Anthony Flew; neutrinos; life cycle of small and medium stars; planetary nebulae
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2007-7 Part 1 - 02-06-2007 (7.47 MB)
Star formation; nuclear fusion--the energy of the stars; the Trinity; Colossians 1:19
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2007-6 Part 2 - 31-05-2007 (13.53 MB)
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram; stellar motions; binary stars; Cepheid variable stars; star clusters
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2007-6 Part 1 - 31-05-2007 (10.85 MB)
General relativity (continued); time dilation; stellar temperature, color, and spectral type; measuring celestial distances
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2007-5 Part 2 - 31-05-2007 (13.31 MB)
Near Earth objects (continued); the Torino Scale; meteors; asteroids; the Sun; general relativity
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2007-5 Part 1 - 31-05-2007 (16.92 MB)
Pluto; comets; near Earth objects
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2007-4 Part 2 - 31-05-2007 (18.16 MB)
The Jovian planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
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2007-4 Part 1 - 31-05-2007 (10.95 MB)
The terrestrial planets (continued)
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2007-3 - 31-05-2007 (15.71 MB)
The terrestrial planets (continued)
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2007-2 Part 3 - 31-05-2007 (3.97 MB)
Kepler's 3 laws (continued); angular momentum
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2007-2 Part 2 - 31-05-2007 (8.14 MB)
The celestial sphere; seasons; Tycho Brahe; Kepler's 3 laws of planetary motion
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2007-2 Part 1 - 18-05-2007 (14.31 MB)
Lunar phases (continued); eclipses
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2007-1 Part 2 - 18-05-2007 (14.85 MB)
Telescopes (continued); lunar phases
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2007-1 Part 1 - 17-05-2007 (16.14 MB)
The geocentric and heliocentric models of the universe; the Copernican theory; the trial of Galileo; telescopes
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