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Mon Jan 19
No Class |
Wed Jan 20 1. Introduction to the Course |
Fri Jan 22 2. Our Place in the Universe |
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LAB (Hand Out) Introduction |
Mon Jan 25 3. Light: What it is |
Wed Jan 27 4. Matter: What it is |
Fri Jan 29 5A. How Light and Matter Interact I |
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LAB (#10 in Manual) The Power of Light (Spectroscopy) |
Mon Feb 01 5B. How Light and Matter Interact II |
Wed Feb 03 6. Newton's Gravity and Kepler's Laws |
Fri Feb 05 Exam I |
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LAB (#6 in Manual) Keplers Laws |
Mon Feb 08 7. Sun: Introduction |
Wed Feb 10 8. Sun: Magnetic Properties |
Fri Feb 12 9. Sun: Sunspot Cycle and Science |
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LAB (#11 in Manual) Our Sun |
Mon Feb 15 10. Sun: Energy Generation |
Wed Feb 17 11. Stars: Introduction |
Fri Feb 19 12. Stars: Four Properties |
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LAB (Hand Out) Stellar Evolution (Part I) |
Mon Feb 22 13A. Stars: HR Diagram I |
Wed Feb 24 13B. Stars: HR Diagram II |
Fri Feb 26 14. Stars: Lifespans |
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LAB (Hand Out) Stellar Evolution (Part II) |
Mon Feb 29 Exam II |
Wed Mar 02 15. Interstellar Medium and Stellar Birth |
Fri Mar 04 16. Stellar Structure: Modeling Stars |
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LAB (#9 in Manual) Optics |
Mon Mar 07 17. Stellar Structure: Putting it All Together |
Wed Mar 09 18. Stellar Evolution: Low Mass Stars |
Fri Mar 11 19. Stellar Evolution: High Mass Stars |
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| NO LAB THIS WEEK |
Mon Mar 14 SPRING BREAK |
Wed Mar 16 SPRING BREAK |
Fri Mar 18 SPRING BREAK |
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LAB (#4 in Manual) Comets and Asteroids |
Mon Mar 21 20. Stellar Evolution: White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars |
Wed Mar 23 21. Stellar Evolution: Black Holes |
Fri Mar 25 SPRING HOLIDAY |
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LAB (#8 in Manual) Parallax |
Mon Mar 28 Exam III |
Wed Mar 30 22. Our Galaxy: Structure and Anatomy |
Fri Apr 01 23. Our Galaxy: Formation and Evolution |
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LAB (#16 in Manual) Hubble's Law |
Mon Apr 04 24. Our Galaxy: The Galactic Center |
Wed Apr 06 25. Galaxies: Types |
Fri Apr 08 26. Galaxies: Distances |
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LAB (#13 in Manual) Mapping the Galaxy |
Mon Apr 11 27. Galaxies: When Galaxies Collide |
Wed Apr 13 28. Galaxies: Putting it All Together |
Fri Apr 15 29. Galaxies: AGN and QSOs |
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LAB (#14 in Manual) Galaxy Morphology |
Mon Apr 18 Exam IV |
Wed Apr 20 30. Cosmology: Introduction |
Fri Apr 22 31. Cosmology: Large Sale Structure |
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LAB (#2 in Manual) Seasons |
Mon Apr 25 32. Cosmology: The Cosmological Parameters |
Wed Apr 27 33A. Cosmology: Evolution of the Universe I |
Fri Apr 29 33B. Cosmology: Evolution of the Universe II |
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LAB (Hand Out) Review of Astronomy |
Mon May 02 34. Cosmology: Fate of the Universe |
Wed May 04 35A. Cosmology: Moment of Creation I |
Fri May 06 35B. Cosmology: Moment of Creation II |
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| NO LAB THIS WEEK |
Mon May 09 FINAL EXAM 8:00AM BX102 (NOTE TIME CHANGE, 8:00 is the CORRECT time) |
Wed May 11 NO CLASS (Finals Week) |
Fri May 13 NO CLASS (Finals Week) |
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