Astronomy Independent Study

Backyard Astronomy Comic: Moon Phases Issue

A comic issue devoted to explaining how the phases of the moon work from an astronomical and first person view point. The comic goes through every phase and the related position of the sun, moon and earth, as well as some of the terminology.

Check out the rest of the comic in the linked google drive folder below

Backyard Astronomy Comic Logo Page
Backyard Astronomy Comic Page 1
Backyard Astronomy Comic Page 2
Backyard Astronomy Comic Page 3
Backyard Astronomy Comic Page 4



Astronomy Graphics Library

The Astronomy Graphics Library is a free to use graphics library filled with small illustrations with the goal of providing high quality graphics options for teaching professionals to pull from for their teaching needs. With so many specific astronomy topics, analogies, and needs, it can be difficult to find appropriate, accurate and helpful teaching tools. The Astronomy Graphics Library strives to fill that gap with cute and specific illustrations open for anyone to use.

Check out the rest of the library in the linked google drive folder below

An Astronomy Graphics Library illustration of Jupiter
Astronomy Graphics Library illustration of Mars and its Regional Magnetic Fields
Astronomy Graphics Library illustration of a Pulsar
Astronomy Graphics Library illustration of a Radio Telescope
Astronomy Graphics Library illustration of the Solar Magnetosphere of a Star
Astronomy Graphics Library illustration of the side of a telescope reflecting photos
Astronomy Graphics Library illustration of the suns sunspots
Astronomy Graphics Library illustration of the interstellar medium as cloud blobs
Astronomy Graphics Library illustration of a lit candle
Astronomy Graphics Library illustration of a planetary nebula
Astronomy Graphics Library illustration of a planetary system with multiple planets transmitting
Astronomy Graphics Library illustration ofAstronomy Graphics Library illustration of the earth from the side
Astronomy Graphics Library illustration of the orbits of charged particles around a planet



Astronomy Literature Illustrations

The last project as part of this independent study is about reading relevant astronomy papers and discussing them to produce an overarching illustration that gets at some of the key science takeaways while appealing to a broader audience using a fun, paper-cut style.

Astronomy Literature Illustration for the Shields Paper

Energy Budgets for Terrestrial Extrasolar Planets (Shields, Bitz, Palubski)

This illustration represents the various paths that energy can take to and from a planet via long and short wavelength radiation given a star of a certain size/luminocity. As some of the incoming energy may be reflected from the atmosphere or surface, or absorbed, or reradiated, this illustration expands on some of the figures from the paper in order to best show how these paths can be taken.