| Lecture Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading |
| Aug 25 and 27 |
Syllabus overview, Charting the Heavens |
Prologue
|
| Aug 29 |
Modern Astronomy and Planet Motions |
Chapter 1
|
| Sept 1 |
NO CLASS |
|
| Sept 3 |
Modern Astronomy and Planet Motions |
Chapter 1
|
| Sept 5 and 8 |
Solar System - Inventory and Formation |
Chapter 4
|
| Sept 10 and 12 |
Earth and the Moon |
Chapter 5
|
| Sept 15 and 17 |
The Terrestrial Planets |
Chapter 6
|
| Sept 19 and 20 |
The Jovian Planets, Pluto, Rings, Moons |
Chapter 7 + Chapter 8 (Pluto,Rings,Moons)
|
| Sept 24 |
Review for Exam I |
|
| Sept 26 |
EXAM 1 |
Prologue, Chapters 1,4,5,6,7,8
|
| Sept 29, Oct 1 and 3 |
The Properties of Light |
Chapter 2
|
| Oct 6 and 8 |
The Sun |
Chapter 9
|
| Oct 10, 13 and 15 |
Stars |
Chapters 10
|
| Oct 17, 20 and 22 |
The Interstellar Medium |
Chapter 11
|
| Oct 24 and 27 |
NO CLASS |
|
| Oct 29 |
Review for Exam II |
|
| Oct 31 |
EXAM II |
Chapters 2,9,10,11
|
| Nov 3 and 5 |
Stellar Evolution |
Chapter 12
|
| Nov 7, 10 and 12 |
Neutron Stars and Black Holes |
Chapter 13
|
| Nov 14 and 17 |
The Milky Way Galaxy |
Chapter 14
|
| Nov 19 and 21 |
Normal and Active Galaxies |
Chapter 15
|
| Nov 24 |
Galaxies and Dark Matter |
Chapters 16
|
| Nov 26 and 28 |
NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Break |
|
| Dec 1 |
Galaxies and Dark Matter |
Chapters 16
|
| Dec 3 and 5 |
Cosmology |
Chapters 17
|
| Dec 8 |
Review for Exam III |
|
| Dec 10 |
EXAM III |
Chapters 12,13,14,15,16,17
|