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Date |
Lecture | Reading | Other Comments |
Jan
16 |
The local sky and the objects in it | 2.1, 2.4 | |
21 |
* Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday * | — | |
23 |
The Celestial Sphere | 2.1, 2.4 | Practice with using SkyGazer |
28 |
Quiz 1 and Introduction to telescopes | 6.1–6.3 | |
30 |
Proper motions on the celestial sphere | 2.1, 2.4 | |
Feb
04 |
class cancelled | — | |
06 |
Quiz 2 and Ancient astronomy | 3.1, 3.2 | Do the SkyGazer assignment! |
11 |
Quiz 3 and Renaissance astronomy | 3.3, 3.4 | |
13 |
Renaissance astronomy | 3.3, 3.4 | |
18 |
Newton's laws and gravity | 4.2, 4.4, 4.5 | |
20 |
Matter, and Light and Spectroscopy | Chapter 5 | |
20 |
makeup class for Feb 04 – finish chapter 5 | — | |
25 |
— | ||
27 |
Stars: General properties | 15.1 | |
Mar
03 |
Stars: Classification and HR diagram | 15.2 | |
05 |
Quiz 4 and Binary stars | 15.2 | |
10 |
* Spring Break * | ||
12 |
* Spring Break * | ||
17 |
Star clusters | 15.3 | |
19 |
Quiz 5 and Star formation | Chapter 16 | |
24 |
Stellar evolution | Chapter 17 | |
26 |
Quiz 6; Stellar evolution | Chapter 17 | |
31 |
Exploding stars | 18.1 | Review session for Test 2, 6:00 pm |
Apr
02 |
Test 2 (practice tests from Jan'07 and Jan'08) | ||
07 |
Neutron stars and pulsars | 18.2 | |
09 |
Quiz 7; Black holes | 18.3 | |
14
|
Quiz 8; The Milky Way galaxy | Chapter 19 | |
16
|
Nearby galaxies and galaxy types | 20.1, 20.2 | |
21
|
Quiz 9; Hubble's law and cosmology | 20.3 | |
23
|
Stages of the early universe (notes 1, 2, 3) | [Ch.21,22,23] | |
28
|
Quiz 10; Extrasolar planets | Chapter 13 | Review session for Test 3, 6:00 pm |
30
|
Test 3 (for practice tests see test 2 and final exam) | Review for final exam, Thu 6:00 pm | |
May
05 |
Monday, 8:00 – 10:00 am, Final Exam (practice tests from Jan'07 and Jan'08) | ||
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