Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe - Fall 2011

Sections A and D (MW 3:30-4:45 pm)

Prof. Kaaret Office: 702 Van Allen Hall Phone: 335-1985 E-mail: philip-kaaret@uiowa.edu Office hours: Tuesday 1–3 pm, Wednesday 10-11 am, or by appointment Syllabus Laboratory	Important dates
	Exam #1	Wednesday, September 21
	Exam #2	Wednesday, October 26
	Exam #3	Wednesday, November 30
	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.

Millionaire game for final exam.

Astronomy tutorial will be held Tuesdays from 3-5 pm and 7-9 pm in room 310 of Van Allen Hall starting August 30.

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
Date	Topic	Reading	Homework
10/31	Lecture 16 - The Milky Way	13-1, 4
11/2	Lecture 17 - The Center of Our Galaxy	13-2, 3, 5, 6
11/7	Lecture 18 - Galaxies	14-1:6, 9	HW#9 due 11/8
11/9	Lecture 19 - Galaxies continued
11/14	Lecture 20 - The Big Bang	15-1:5	HW#10 due 11/15
11/16	Lecture 21 - More Big Bang	15-6:7
11/28	Review		HW#11 due noon on 11/28
11/30	Third exam
12/5	Review lectures 1-8
12/7	Review lecture 8-21

Unit #2	Stars
Date	Topic	Reading	Homework
9/26	Lecture 8 - Stars and Light	10-2:5, 2-3:4
9/28	Lecture 9 - Classifying Stars	10:5-7, 2:4
10/3	Lecture 10 - Star Formation	11-1	HW#5 due 10/4
10/5	Lecture 11 - Evolution of Stars	11-2:5
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
10/17	Lecture 14 - Accretion Disks		HW#7 due 10/18
10/19	Lecture 15 - More Black Holes	14-7:8
10/24	Review		HW#8 due 10/24
10/26	Second exam

Unit #1	Sky and Solar System
Date	Topic	Reading	HW
8/22	Lecture 1 - Sizes and distances, scientific notation	1-1
8/24	Lecture 2 - Night sky, seasons, phases of the moon	1-2:6
8/29	Lecture 3 - Scientific method	3-1	HW#1 due 8/30
8/31	Lecture 4 - Orbits of the planets	3-2:6
9/5	Labor day - no lecture		HW#2 due 9/6
9/7	Lecture 5 - Extrasolar planets	2-1, 2-5, 8-5
9/12	Lecture 6 - Life beyond Earth	8-1:5	HW#3 due 9/13
9/14	Lecture 7 - The Sun	9-1:5
9/19	Review Moon phases worksheet		HW#4 due 9/19
9/21	First exam