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Schedule of Lectures and Laboratory Exercises

The table shown below lists lectures and laboratory exercises assignments week by week. To read through the lectures slides for each lecture, click on a lecture name below and then click on the numbers "01", "02", and so on shown on the left-hand side of the title page for the lecture. To read through the laboratory exercise chapters, click on a laboratory exercise name below and then click on "PDF laboratory exercise" under Resources.

Week 01A Grand Tour of the Universe (August 16 - 18)
Lecture 01The Contents of the Universe
Lab 01Fundamentals of Measurement and Error Analysis I
Week 02An Astronomical Toolbox (August 21 - 25)
Lecture 02Scientific Notation
Lecture 03Timescales in the Universe
Lab 01Fundamentals of Measurement and Error Analysis II
Week 03Understanding the Moon (August 28 - September 1)
Lecture 04The Phases of the Moon
Lecture 05The Seasons on Earth
Lab 01Fundamentals of Measurement and Error Analysis III
Week 04Observing the Sky (September 4 - 8)
Lecture 06The Origin of the Moon
Lecture 07The Celestial Sphere
Lab 01Fundamentals of Measurement and Error Analysis IV
Week 05The Solar System I (September 11 - 15)
Lecture 08Planetary Orbits
Lecture 09The Scientific Method
Lab 03Cratering and the Lunar Surface I
Week 06The Solar System II (September 18 - 22)
Lecture 10Geocentric and Heliocentric Models
Lecture 11The Formation of the Planets
Lab 03Cratering and the Lunar Surface II
Week 07The Planets (September 25 - 29)
Lecture 12The Terrestrial Planets
Lecture 13The Jovian Planets
Lab 05Parallax Measurements and Determining Distances I
Week 08Midterm Exam (October 2 - 6)
Week 09Waves and Energy (October 9 - 13)
Lecture 14Waves and Light
Lecture 15Atomic Structure
Lab 05Parallax Measurements and Determining Distances II
Week 10Atoms (October 16 - 20)
Lecture 16Absorption and Emission
Lecture 17Stellar Temperatures
Lab 02Observing the Sky I
Week 11Stars (October 23 - 27)
Lecture 18Nuclear Reactions
Lecture 19Binary Stars
Lab 02Observing the Sky II
Week 12Stellar Burning (October 30 - November 3)
Lecture 20The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
Lecture 21White Dwarfs
Lab 06The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram and Stellar Evolution I
Week 13Stellar Death (November 6 - 10)
Lecture 22Neutron Stars
Lecture 23Black Holes
Lab 06The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram and Stellar Evolution II
Week 14Galaxies (November 13 - 17)
Lecture 24  The Milky Way
Lecture 25The Expansion of the Universe
Lab 07Hubble's Law and the Cosmic Distance Scale I
Week 15The Fate of the Universe (November 27 - December 1)
Lecture 26A Universe of Galaxies
Lab 07Hubble's Law and the Cosmic Distance Scale II
Week 16Final Exam (December 4 - 8)