Astronomy 301 Calendar Spring 2007

Lectures will include tutorials, discussions, and questions that each student will want to be a part of. There may be a few more worksheets added to the assignments as homework. Announcements will be made in class or via email if anything on this calendar changes.

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Optional Reading for week of March 25: Tuesday - Astronomy without a Telescope through Coordinates; Thursday - Newton's Law of Gravity through Orbits in Nick Strobel's Astronomy Notes

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Scale of the Universe; Celestial Sphere; Night Sky

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Exercise: Celestial Sphere (due April 5)
Matter, Energy, Gravity, Orbits

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Optional Reading for week of April 1: Tuesday - E&M through Doppler Effect Thursday - Types of Telescopes through Atmospheric Distortion in Nick Strobel's Astronomy Notes

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Radiation, Kirchoff's Laws

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Telescopes, Astronomical Detectors (CCDs)
Homework: CCD Study Guide (due April 12)

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Required Reading for week of April 8: Chapter 12 & 13 of An Introduction to Astronomical Photometry Using CCDs , pp. 75 - 85

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CCD Exercise (1/2 class attends) (due April 19)

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CCD Exercise (1/2 class attends) (due April 19)

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Optional Reading for week of April 15: Thursday - Stars, What are They Like through Types of Stars and the H-R Diagram

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Introduction to Stars; H-R Diagram

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Interstellar Medium and Starbirth

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Optional Reading week of April 22: Tuesday - Interstellar Medium; Thursday- Stellar Evolution through Nuclear Synthesis

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No class meeting
Homework: Astronomical Treasures for Spring (due May 8)

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Evolution of Low-Mass Stars; Evolution of High-Mass Stars

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Optional Reading week of April 29: Tuesday - Confirmation of Stellar Models; Thursday - Stellar Remnants

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Star Clusters - Confirmation of Theory

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Neutron Stars and Black Holes

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Optional Reading Week of May 6: Tuesday & Thursday - Galactic Structure and the Milky Way

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Globular Clusters; Size of Milky Way

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Milky Way Galaxy

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Optional Reading Week of May 13: Tuesday - Other Galaxies; Thursday - Cosmology: Observation and Some Implications

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Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters; Large Scale Structure

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Big Bang

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Required Reading week of May 20: TBD

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Linux Tutorial + IRAF Intro

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IRAF Exercise

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28 Holiday

29 B356
Work on Project

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Work on Project

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Draft Papers Due

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Observing Papers Due: 5 pm

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