Prof. Kaaret |
Important dates | |
Exam #1 | Wednesday, September 21 | |
Exam #2 | Wednesday, October 26 |
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Exam #3 | Wednesday, November 30 |
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Final Exam | Wednesday, December 14, 9:45 am |
News:
The final exam will be Wednesday, December 14, 9:45 am, in LR1 Van Allen Hall.Lectures:
Click on the
lecture number and topic to download the slides used for that
lecture. To save paper, I suggest printing the slides 6 to a
page or 3 if you want to take notes. This can be done by
selecting "Page Scaling" on
the print dialog in Adobe Reader. To get Adobe Reader go
to http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
The
reading
is
the
relevant
sections
from
the
textbook
(chapter-section:section),
Investigating
Astronomy
by
Slater
and
Freedman.
Unit #3 |
Galaxies and Cosmology |
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Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Homework |
10/31 |
Lecture
16
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The
Milky
Way |
13-1, 4 |
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11/2 |
Lecture
17
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The
Center
of
Our
Galaxy |
13-2, 3, 5, 6 |
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11/7 |
Lecture
18
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Galaxies |
14-1:6, 9 |
HW#9 due 11/8 |
11/9 |
Lecture
19 - Galaxies continued |
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11/14 |
Lecture
20
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The
Big
Bang |
15-1:5 |
HW#10 due 11/15 |
11/16 |
Lecture
21
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More
Big
Bang |
15-6:7 |
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11/28 |
Review |
HW#11 due noon on 11/28 | |
11/30 |
Third exam |
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12/5 |
Review
lectures 1-8 |
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12/7 |
Review
lecture 8-21 |
Unit #2 |
Stars |
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Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Homework |
9/26 |
Lecture 8
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Stars and Light |
10-2:5, 2-3:4 |
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9/28 |
Lecture 9 - Classifying Stars | 10:5-7, 2:4 |
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10/3 |
Lecture 10 - Star Formation | 11-1 |
HW#5 due 10/4 |
10/5 |
Lecture 11 - Evolution of Stars | 11-2:5 |
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10/10 |
Lecture 12 - Deaths of Stars | 12-1,2,5 |
HW#6 due 10/11 |
10/12 |
Lecture 13 - Black Holes | 12-3:4 |
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10/17 |
Lecture 14 - Accretion Disks | HW#7 due 10/18 | |
10/19 |
Lecture 15 - More Black Holes | 14-7:8 |
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10/24 |
Review |
HW#8 due 10/24 | |
10/26 |
Second exam |
Unit #1 |
Sky and Solar System |
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Date |
Topic |
Reading |
HW |
8/22 |
1-1 |
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8/24 |
1-2:6 |
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8/29 |
3-1 |
HW#1 due 8/30 |
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8/31 |
3-2:6 |
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9/5 |
Labor day - no lecture |
HW#2 due 9/6 | |
9/7 |
2-1, 2-5, 8-5 |
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9/12 |
8-1:5 |
HW#3 due 9/13 |
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9/14 |
Lecture 7 - The Sun | 9-1:5 |
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9/19 |
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HW#4 due 9/19 |
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9/21 |
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