University of Mississippi

ASTR 101


Edwin Hubble

Friday, December 6, 2013

red bullet Reminder: The review session for the final exam will be in Lewis Hall, Monday Dec 9th, at 6:30 pm.

red bullet Extra credit: Answer the questions on a practice test (see details here); Due Monday by 6:30 pm.

red bullet Today's topics: First, comments on the course, studying and the formal of the final; Then,

Other Galaxies,

Cosmology, and

The Early Universe

red bullet Assignment: Read the relevant parts of Chapters 15, 16, and 17; Most of what we covered is in the lecture notes on galaxies and cosmology, but we also covered parts of dark matter, and the early universe; See also today's class summary, and finish by taking a look at this picture from the Hubble Deep Field...

Spaceweather; APOD; The Planets Today; Clear Sky Clock; PhysOrg Astronomy News; The Sky at a Glance


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