Chapters 1 and 2, and Aladin

From one of the online OU activities it seems like we'll be using some high-brow scientific software. Aladin to be precise (and, yes, that is how you spell it).

Aladin opens with a completely unintuitive amount of options. Thankfully it has an undergraduate mode which hides most of its complexity. Although, I've still no idea how to fully work the thing. One activity is to load up a FITS image (shown above), zoom in/out of it, tinker with its colours (or lack of) and import an online database of stars and what-not. Techie, and geeky. Thus it has my approval.


MOAR ALADDIN!  :D