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ASTRONOMY 3019 Astronomy and Astrophysics II Spring 2008 |
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| Instructor: | Vicki Sarajedini |
| Class time: | TTH 9:10am - 10:25am BRT 3 |
| Text Book: | Astronomy: A Physical Perspective (2nd edition) by Marc Kutner |
| Office: | Bryant Space Science Center 218 |
| Office Hours: | stop by or make an appointment |
| Office Telephone: | 352-392-2052 x237 |
| Email: | vicki@astro.ufl.edu |
This is an introductory course in Astronomy and Astrophysics designed for students majoring in astronomy, physics, mathematics, or engineering. This course follows AST3018 and begins approximately where that course ends in astronomical topics. We will begin with special and general relativity and high mass stellar evolution. We will then discuss the Milky Way Galaxy, normal galaxies, galaxy clusters, and active galaxies. This will lead to lectures on cosmology and the Big Bang. Finally, we will end with the Solar System.
Most lectures will be given in powerpoint and will be provided at the course website shortly after the class. Some notes will be given in class at the blackboard with accompanying overhead transparencies for figures.