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| Date | Topic | Assignment | Laboratory |
| W Jan 16 | Introduction to the Course | Syllabus, Book, Policy, Schedule | No Lab This Week |
| F Jan 18 | Scale of the Universe | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| M Jan 21 | Booker T. Washington Day | Open You Mind, Learn Your History | Lab 1: Intro |
| W Jan 23 | The Sky and Seasons | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| F Jan 25 | Light: What it is | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| M Jan 28 | Bohr Atom and Kirchoff's Laws | [Reading/Lecture/Outline: see prev] | Lab 9: Optics |
| W Jan 30 | Gravity: Kepler and Newton's Laws [SKIPPING THIS LECTURE] | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| F Feb 01 | Atoms and Starlight I | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| M Feb 04 | Atoms and Starlight II | [Reading/Lecture/Outline: see prev] | Lab 10: Light/Spectra |
| W Feb 06 | Exam I [Lecture on Gravity and Kepler's Laws- not on exam] | [Review] [Lecture Outlines] [Results] | |
| F Feb 08 | The Sun: Introduction | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| M Feb 11 | The Sun: Magnetic Properties | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | Lab 11: Our Sun |
| W Feb 13 | The Sun: Sunspot Cycle | [Reading/Lecture/Outline see prev] | |
| F Feb 15 | The Sun: Energy Generation | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | NOVA: "Dancing with Neutrinos" |
| M Feb 18 | The Stars: Introduction | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | Lab 12: HR Diagram |
| W Feb 20 | The Stars: The 4 Properties | [Reading/Lecture/Outline: see prev] | |
| F Feb 22 | The Stars: The HR Diagram I | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| M Feb 25 | The Stars: The HR Diagram II | [Reading/Lecture/Outline: see prev] | Lab 7: Parallax |
| W Feb 27 | The Stars: LRTB & d | [Reading/Lecture/Outline: see prev] | |
| F Feb 29 | The Stars: Main Sequence Lifetimes | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| M Mar 03 | Exam II | [Review] [Outline] [Results] | Lab 4: Terrestrial Planets |
| W Mar 05 | ISM; Stellar Birth | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| F Mar 07 | Stellar Structure I: Energy Generation | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| M Mar 10 | Stellar Structure II: Stellar Models | [Reading/Lecture/Outline: see prev] | Lab 3: Comet/Asteroid Impacts |
| W Mar 12 | Stellar Structure III: Putting it All Together | [Reading/Lecture/Outline: see prev] | |
| F Mar 14 | Stellar Evolution I: Low Mass Stars | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| M Mar 17 | Stellar Evolution II: High Mass Stars | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | Lab 7: The Orbit of Mercury |
| W Mar 19 | Stellar Evolution III: Clusters and Ages | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| M Jan 21 | Spring Holiday (How About Good Friday) | Holiday | |
| M Mar 24 | Spring Break | No Class | No Lab This Week |
| W Mar 26 | Spring Break | No class | |
| F Mar 28 | Spring Break | No class | |
| W Mar 31 | White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | Lab 15: Galaxy Morphology |
| W Apr 02 | Black Holes | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| F Apr 04 | Exam III | [Review] [Results] | |
| M Apr 07 | The Milky Way I: Structure and Anatomy | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | Lab 17: Hubble's Law |
| W Apr 09 | The Milky Way II: Formation/Evolution | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| F Apr 11 | The Milky Way III: The Center | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| M Apr 14 | The Galaxies I: Types and Distances (continued) | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | Lab 15: How Many Galaxies? |
| W Apr 16 | The Galaxies II: Mergin Galaxies (Movies) | [Reading/Lecture/Outline: none] | Galaxy Merging Movies |
| F Apr 18 | The Galaxies III: Formation and Evolution | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| M Apr 21 | The Galaxies IV: AGN and QSOs | [Reading] [Lecture] [Outline] | Lab 5: Gravity/Kepler's Laws |
| W Apr 23 | The Galaxies V: AGN and QSOs (cont) | [Reading/Lecture/Outline: see prev] | |
| F Apr 25 | Exam IV | [Review] [Results] | |
| M Apr 28 | Cosmology I | [Reading: Ch15, all] [Lecture] [Outline] | In Lab: Final Exam Review |
| W Apr 30 | Cosmology II | [Reading, Ch15, all] [Lecture] [Outline] | |
| F May 02 | Cosmology III | [Reading/Lecture/Outline: see prev] | |
| M May 05 | FINAL EXAM 10:30-12:30 @ BX 102 (where class meets) |
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