Course Syllabus (preliminary)
Saturday, Aug. 31(2:31 GMT),
Moon Last Quarter
Aug. 27 29 Astronomy
& the Universe
- Prepare: Ch. 1: Charting
the Heavens.
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 1:
R 1 (6 pts); P 4 - See the SC002 chart. P 6, 9; Monty Python.
- due 9/5
Saturday, Sept. 7 (3:10 GMT),
Moon New
Sept. 3, 5
The Birth of Modern Science
- Prepare: Read Ch. 2: The Copernican
Revolution
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 2: R 12,
14; P 4, 8; H 1, 2 (6 pts), 3 (6 pts). - due 9/12
Friday, Sept. 13 (18:08
GMT), Moon First Quarter
Sept. 10, 12 Light from the
Cosmos
- Prepare: Ch. 3: Radiation;
Ch. 4: Spectroscopy.
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 3: R 8; P
10 (6 pts); H 1; Ch. 4: R 9; P 3, 5; H 2 (6 pts). - due 9/19
Saturday, Sept. 21 (13:59 GMT),
Moon Full
Sept. 17, 19 Astronomical
Instruments/Solar System Structure
- Prepare: Read Ch. 5: Telescopes
Ch. 6: The Solar System
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 5: R 11 (6
pts); P 3. Ch. 6: P 5, 6; H 1; Sun-Sign Constellation Exercise.
- due 9/26
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Sept. 24, 26 The Inner Planets
- Prepare: Ch. 7: Earth; Ch.
8:Moon & Mercury; Ch. 9: Venus.
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 7: R 7. Ch.
8: R 1, 2; P 1, 2 (6 pts); Ch. 9: R 8. - due 10/3
Sunday, Sept. 29 (17:03 GMT),
Moon Last Quarter
Oct. 1, 3
Mars/Jupiter
- Prepare: Ch. 10: Mars; Ch.
11: Jupiter
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 10: R 2,
8; P3, 4, 6; Ch. 11: R 14; P 2, 8 (6 pts), 10. - due 10/10
Sunday, Oct. 6 (11:18 GMT),
Moon New
Oct. 8, 10
Saturn & the Outer Planets
- Prepare: Ch. 12: Saturn; Ch.
13: Outer Worlds
- Assignments: Ch. 12: R1, 2, P2, 5;
Ch. 13: R7, 19, P2, 3, 11 (6 pts). - due 10/17
Sunday, Oct. 13 (5:33 GMT),
Moon First Quarter
Oct. 15, 17
Solar System Formation and Evolution
- Prepare: Ch. 14: Solar System Debris;
Ch. 15:Formation of the Solar System.
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 14: R 13.
Ch. 15: R 4, 7,15; P 10.- due 10/24
Monday, Oct. 21 (7:20 GMT),
Moon Full
Oct. 21, Monday
7:00 pm MID-TERM EXAM (105 Votey Bldg.)
Oct. 22, 24 The Sun/Stellar
Observations
- Prepare: Ch. 16: The Sun; Ch.
17: Measuring the Stars.
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 16: R 9,
12, H 1; Ch. 17: R 1, 6; H 2 (6 pts) - due 10/31
Tuesday, Oct. 29 (5:28 GMT),
Moon Last Quarter
Oct. 29, 31
The Birth of Stars
- Prepare: Ch. 18: The Interstellar
Medium Ch. 19: Star Formation.
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 18: R 2,
19; Ch. 19: R 1, 20. - due 11/7
Monday, Nov. 4 (20:34 GMT),
Moon New
Nov. 5, 7
Stellar Evolution & Gerontology
- Prepare: Ch. 20: Stellar Evolution
Ch. 21: Stellar Explosions.
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 20: R 10,
15; H 1 (6 pts); Ch. 21: R 3. - due 11/14
Monday, Nov. 11 (20:52 GMT),
Moon First Quarter
Nov. 12 14 Compact Objects
- Prepare: Ch. 22: Neutron Stars
and Black Holes Ch. 23: The Milky Way Galaxy.
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 22: R 13,
14; Ch. 23: R 8, H 1(6 pts). - due 11/21
Wednesday, Nov. 20 (1:34GMT),
Full Fiull
Nov. 19, 21 Galaxies
Class cancelled: Tues., Nov. 19—
Instead attend lecture on “Supernovae”at
7:30 pm, Nov. 19, in B-106 Angell
- Prepare: Ch. 24: Normal Galaxies
Ch. 25 Active Galaxies.
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 24: R 13;
P 3; Ch. 25: R 6, 8, 11. - due 12/3
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Wednesday, Nov. 27 (15:46 GMT),
Moon Last Quarter
Nov. 26 Cosmology
- Prepare: Read Ch. 26: Cosmology;
Ch. 27: The Early Universe
- Assignments: Probs. Ch. 26: R 7;
Ch. 27: R 3; H 1 (6 pts), 2, 3 (6 pts), 4, 5. - due 12/5
Dec. 2, Monday—Observation Activity Reports
are due at 6 PM on this date.
Wednesday, Dec. 4 (7:34 GMT),
Moon New
Dec. 3 Life
in the Universe
- Prepare: Ch. 28: Life in the Universe
- Assignments: Probs. H 1 (6 pts),
2 (6 pts). - due 12/5
Dec. 10 Tuesday FINAL
EXAM, 12 in the noon (venue to be announced)