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Date |
Lecture | Reading |
| Quiz 0; Overview of astronomy | Chapter 1 | |
| Quiz 1; Light, matter and energy | Chapter 2 | |
| June 30 | Quiz 2; Light and telescopes | Chapter 3 |
| Quiz 3; Observing the stars and planets | Chapter 4 | |
| July 2 | Quiz 4; Early history of astronomy; Motion and gravity | Chapter 5 |
| Quiz 5; Terrestrial planets | Chapter 6 | |
| Test 1 (Ch. 1–5; Practice tests from 2001 and 2008); Jovian planets | Chapter 7 | |
| July 8 | Quiz 6; Pluto, comets, and space debris | Chapter 8 |
| Quiz 7; Our solar system and others | Chapter 9 | |
| Quiz 8; Life in the universe + The Sun | Chapters 20, 10 | |
| July 11 | Test 2 (Checklist; Practice tests from 2001 and 2008); Other stars | Chapter 11 |
| Quiz 9; Stellar evolution | Chapter 12 | |
| Quiz 10; Final stages in stars' lives | Chapter 13 | |
| July 16 | Quiz 11; Black holes | Chapter 14 |
| July 17 | Quiz 12; The Milky Way galaxy | Chapter 15 |
| July 18 | Test 3 (Checklist; Practice tests from 2001 and 2008); Other galaxies | Chapter 16 |
| July 21 | Quiz 13; Quasars and active galaxies | Chapter 17 |
| July 22 | Quiz 14; Cosmology | Chapter 18 |
| July 23 | Quiz 15; The early universe | Chapter 19 |
| July 24 | Thursday,
12:00 noon, Final Exam (comprehensive; last checklist) Practice tests from 2001 and 2008 (Astr 103), 2008 (Astr 104) |
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