Joseph H. Jones
Associate Professor of Physics
jjones@ung.edu
Woolsthorpe Manor: The birthplace of Newton.
See the amazing transformation of Dr. Jones as he
loses his beard during a full moon in the year 2000.
(No doubt, a Y2K effect!)
Dr. Jones contemplates Nature while sitting on Newton's latrine at Woolsthorpe Manor, England.
Summer Semester 2016
ASTR 1010 A MTWRF:0830-1240 Rogers Hall 109 CRN 1060
ASTR 1010L A MW:1105-1315 Health & Natural Sciences 234 (PLANETARIUM) CRN 1061
ASTR 1010L B TR:1105-1315 Health & Natural Sciences 234 (PLANETARIUM) CRN 1062
ASTR 1020 A MTWRF:0830-1240 Rogers Hall 109 CRN 2281
ASTR 1020L A MW:1105-1315 Health & Natural Sciences 234 (PLANETARIUM) CRN 2283
ASTR 1020L B TR:11:05-1315 Health & Natural Sciences 234 (PLANETARIUM) CRN 2286
Class Calendars
Zodiacal Light:
This image of the Zodiacal Light was taken at the Observatory on 17 Mar 2015 by Tyler Penland (former student telescope operator). The whitish-blue narrow triangular shaft of light extending to the upper-left is the Zodiacal Light. This is sunlight forward scattered off dust in the plane of the Solar System and so we see it stretched along the ecliptic line (not shown) in the sky. The yellowish sky-glow near the horizon is light pollution from Atlanta and its northern suburbs, and peeking through the tree line is bright Venus as the evening star. Most students have never seen the Milky Way and only a very few people have ever seen the Zodiacal Light.
Explore a simulated archeoastronomy site at the Len Foote Hike Inn. Click on the image for more pictures.
Course List
ASTR 1010 & 1010L & PHYS 7013 Astr. of the Solar System
ASTR 1020 & 1020L & PHYS 7023 Stellar & Galactic Astr.
ASTR 3061 Observational Astr. I
ASTR 3062 Observational Astr. II
ASTR 3150 Intro. Astrophysics
PHYS 2211 Calculus based Physics I PHYS 3111 Mechanics I
PHYS 3310 & 3310L Modern Physics
PHYS 3411 E&M
PHYS 4910-20-30 Intro. to Research Methods 1h-2h-3h
Links:
George E. Coleman, Sr. Planetarium
North Georgia Astronomical Observatory
North Georgia Astronomers
Physics Department
