Course Syllabus

Wednesday, Sept. 3 (03:12 GMT), Moon First Quarter

Sept. 2, 4 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 9/11

Wednesday, Sept. 10 (16:36 GMT), Moon Full

Sept. 9, 11 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 9/18

Thursday, Sept. 18 (19:03 GMT), Moon Third Quarter

Sept. 16, 18 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 9/25

Tuesday, Sept. 23 ( 10:47 GMT), Autumnal Equinox

Friday, Sept. 26 ( 03:09 GMT), Moon New

Saturday, Sept. 27 ( 10 GMT), Mercury Greatest Elongation West

Sept. 23, 25 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 10/2

Thursday, Oct. 2 (19:09 GMT), Moon First Quarter

Sept. 30, Oct. 2 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 10/9

Friday, Oct. 10 (07:27 GMT), Moon Full

Oct. 7, 9 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 10/16

Saturday, Oct. 18 (12:31 GMT), Moon Third Quarter

Oct. 14, 16 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 10/23

Saturday, Oct. 25 (12:50 GMT), Moon New

Oct. 21, 23 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 11.
— due 10/30

Saturday, Nov. 1 (04:25 GMT), Moon First Quarter

Oct. 27, Monday 7:00 pm MID-TERM EXAM (301 Williams Bldg.)

Oct. 28, 30 The Sun/Stellar Observations
Prepare: Ch. 16: The Sun.
Ch. 17: Measuring the Stars.
Assignments: Probs. Ch. 16: R 11, 15, H 1.
Ch. 17: R 1, 8; H 2 (6 pts) — due 11/6

Saturday, Nov. 1 (04:25 GMT), Moon First Quarter

Nov. 4, 6 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 11/13

Sunday, Nov. 9 (01:18 GMT), Moon Full

Nov. 11, 13 Stellar Evolution & Gerontology
Prepare: Ch. 20: Stellar Evolution
Ch. 21: Stellar Explosions.
Assignments: Probs. Ch. 20: R 11, 20; H 1 (6 pts).
Ch. 21: R 4. — due 11/20

Monday, Nov. 17 (04:15 GMT), Moon Third Quarter

Nov. 18, 20 Compact Objects
Prepare: Ch. 23: The Milky Way Galaxy

Ch. 22: Neutron Stars and Black Holes.
Assignments: Probs. Ch. 22: R 17, 18.
Ch. 23: R 11; H1 (6 pts), 2. — due 12/2

Sunday, Nov. 23 (22:59 GMT), Moon New

Nov. 25 Galaxies
Prepare: Ch. 24: Normal Galaxies
Ch. 25 Active Galaxies. Assignments: Probs. Ch. 24: R 17; P 3.
Ch. 25: R 9, 12, 15. — due 12/4

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Sunday, Nov. 30 (17:16 GMT), Moon First Quarter

Dec. 2, 4 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 12/10

Dec. 5, Friday Observation Activity Reports are due at 6 PM on this date.

Monday, Dec. 8 (20:37 GMT), Moon Full

Tuesday, Dec. 9 (06 GMT), Mercury Greatest Elongation East

Dec. 9 Life in the Universe
Prepare: Ch. 28: Life in the Universe
Assignments: Probs. H1 (6 pts), 2 (6 pts). — due 12/10

Tuesday, Dec. 16 (17:42 GMT), Moon Third Quarter

Monday, Dec. 22 (07:04 GMT), Winter Solstice

Dec. 19, Friday, 12 in the noon FINAL EXAM (venue to be announced)