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Monday Lecture
10:30 AM, Arch 147
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Tuesday Sections
PAB A216
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Wednesday Lecture
10:30 AM, Arch 147
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Thurssday Sections
PAB A216
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Friday Lecture
10:30 AM, Arch 147
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1/2-6
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Orientation
Oliver's Questionnaire
(now online)
Start
Ex 1: Sizes & Distances
due 1/9
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Cosmic Space, Time, & You
Read: Chap 1
Powers of 10: Tutorial
Powers of 10: Cosmic Voyage
Math Review
Scientific Notation
and more...
and even more...
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Continue
Ex 1: Sizes & Distances
due 1/9
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The Visible Universe
and the Visible Sky
Read: Chap 2
Animations:
Tour Through the Universe
Australian Dingo Astronomy
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1/9-13
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Charting the Sky and
Celestial Motions
Read: Chap 2
Annual solar motions:
Seasons
Noon Height
Sun Rise/Set
Annual Daylight
Sky Rotation
Others
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Go to the Planetarium, A222
Canceled! Go to A216.
Discuss animations of
sky motions & seasons.
Turn in
Ex 1: Sizes & Distances
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Seasons, Phases, Eclipses
Read: Chap 2
Eclipse Shadow Simulator
Lunar Phases from Earth
Eclipse Animation
Lunar,
Solar
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Go to the Planetarium, A222
Canceled! Go to A216.
Discuss animations of
lunar phases & eclipses.
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Historical Astronomy,
The Galileo Affair
Read: Chap 3.1,2,3,4
Venus' Phases:
Heliocentric
Geocentric
Mars' Retrograde Motion:
Heliocentric
Geocentric
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1/16-20
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HOLIDAY |
Start two short Ex's
Ex 2, Gravity
due 1/24
Ex 3, Constellations
due 1/24
Gravity Tutorial,
Gravity Self-quiz
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SNOW DAY |
Continue
Ex 2, Gravity
due 1/24
Ex 3, Constellations
due 1/24
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SNOW DAY |
| 1/23-27 |
Orbital Motions & Gravity
Read: Chap 4
Animations:
Galileo's gravity experiment
Feather and hammer experiment
Click
for a list of student questions on seasons, eclipses, phases, sunrise, etc from 1/10
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Revised due date to
be annouced in sections
Ex 2, Gravity
Ex 3, Constellations
Start
Ex 4, Stellar Colors
due 1/31
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All About Light
Read: Chap 5 (all)
Tutorials:
Blackbody Emission
Absorption & Emission Spectra
Animatons:
Blackbodies (use "Filters" tab)
types of spectra
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Continue
Ex 4, Stellar Colors
due 1/31
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Telescopes & Techniques
Read: Chap 6
How Telescopes Work
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1/30-
2/3 |
The Sun; How Stars Shine
Read: Chap 14, 15.1
Animations:
Coronal Mass Ejections
#1
#2
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Turn in
Ex 4, Stellar Colors
Start
Ex 5, H-R Diagram
due 2/7
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The H-R Diagram
Learn to love it!
Read: Chap 14, 15.1
Tutorial:
H-R DIagram
main-sequence stellar spectra
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Continue
Ex 5, H-R Diagram
due 2/7
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Clusters: Hints to Evolution
Read: Chap 15.2,3
H-R Diagram of star clusters:
example
movie
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Stars from Birth to Senillty
Read: Chap 16
Star Formation Tutorial
Star Formation Wiki
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Turn in
Ex 5, H-R Diagram
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Stellar Old Age 1:
Low-Mass Stars
Read: Chap 17.1,2
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Course Review
Practice Midterm Quesitons
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Stellar Old Age 2:
High-Mass Stars & Supernovae
Read: Chap 17.3 & 18.2
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| 2/13-17 |
MID TERM EXAM
4 or 5 essay questions
Covers all lectures & labs
Bring 1 page of notes,
pencil, eraser
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Exam Review
Start
Ex 6, RR Lyrae Lab
due 2/21
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Black Holes: Bent out of Space
Read: Chap 18.3, 18.4
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Continue
Ex 6, RR Lyrae Lab
due 2/21
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Intro to Galaxies
Read:
Chap 19.1,2.3.4; 20.1
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| 2/20-24 |
HOLIDAY |
Turn in
Ex 6, RR Lyrae Lab
Start
Ex 7a, Hubble graph
due 2/28
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Milky Way: Between the Stars
Read: Chap 19.2,3,4
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Continue
Ex 7a, Hubble graph
due 2/28
Content Review
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The Active Lives of Galaxies
Read: Chap 21 (all)
Cosmic Distances and Motions
Read: Ch 5.5, 20.2, 20.3
The most distant and youngest galaxies
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2/27-
3/2 |
Cosmology Observaitons I
Read: Chap 20.3, 22Animations:
Expansion of the Universe Tutorial
3-D Flythrough of the
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Cosmic Voyage
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Turn in
Ex 7a, Hubble graph
Start
Ex 7b, Hubble Analysis
due 3/6
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Cosmology Observations, II
Read: parts of Ch 22, 23
Tutorial:
Balloon Universe
Animation:
Balloon Universe
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Continue
Ex 7b, Hubble Analysis
due 3/6
Content Review
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Cosmology Observations III
and the Shape of Space
Read: Ch 22, 23
Balloon Universe Tutorial
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Big Bang Model, I
Read: Ch 22, 23
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Turn in
Ex 7b, Hubble Analysis
Last day for any
late submissions
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Big Bang Model, II
Read: Chap 22, 23
Oliver's Exit Questionnaire
(now online)
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Course Review
Practice Exam Questions
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Life in the Solar System
Read: Chap 24
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3/12
(Monday)
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FINAL EXAM
8:30-10:20
~45 mult choice questions
Ccovers all lectures & labs
Bring 2 pages of notes,
pencil, eraser
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