Astronomy 162: Introduction to Astronomy

Online Journey through Astronomy is an online textbook for this course developed by several professors at UT. In order to access this online material, you must first register at the web site. You may do so by logging onto the World Wide Web with any recent version of Netscape or Internet Explorer web browsers and following the stepwise instructions that are given under the Registration button in the Main Menu.

You will need the PIN number that should be enclosed with the astronomy material that you obtained by purchase at the bookstore. This PIN number gives you initial access to the registration process. You will choose a username and password and that username and password will then be used for all subsequent accesses to the syllabus during the semester. Remember the username and password that you choose in the registration! The PIN number is used only to register. After registration, all access is through your username and password.

Each Student Must Have a Unique Username and Password

Sharing of usernames and passwords is not permitted. Each student must have a unique username and password because the electronic recording of grades will be according to username and password. Thus each enrolled student must purchase a separate PIN number through the bookstore and use that PIN number to set up a unique username and password. This password should be valid for both semesters of Astronomy 161-162.

Just So You Will Know . . .

Online Journey through Astronomy is a commercial product marketed internationally by Brooks/Cole publishers. The authors are UT professors, who receive royalties on sales of Online Journey through Astronomy, but they voluntarily (because they're Volunteers!) donate all royalties from sales to UT students to a Physics and Astronomy Department fund for the improvement of astronomy instruction. Thus, the authors do not profit personally from requiring that UT students purchase the textbook that they have written.