| Date
| Topics
| Reading
| Assignment Due
|
| Jan 19: Lect 1
| Introduction
|
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| Jan 21: Lect 2
| The Night Sky
| Chapter 1, 1
| |
| Jan 24: Lect 3
| Lunar Phases
| Chapter 1, 2
| |
| Jan 26: Lect 4
| Early Cosmology
| Chapter 1, 4
| |
| Jan 28: Lect 5
| Cosmic Revolution
| Chapter 1, 2.1, 5
| HW 1 |
| Jan 31:Lect 6
| Laws of Motion
| Chapter 2.2, 6
| |
| Feb 2: Lect 7
| Gravitation
| Chapter 2.3, 6
| |
| Feb 4: Lect 8
| Theory of Planetary Motion
| Chapter 2.3, 6
| HW 2 |
| Feb 7: Lect 9
| The Two-Body Problem
| Chapter 2.2
| |
| Feb 9: Lect 10
| Electromagnetic Radiation
| Chapter 3
| |
| Feb 11: :Lect 11
| Spectroscopy
| Chapter 3, 5
| HW 3, Stardial #1 |
| Feb 14: Lect 12
| Matter and Light
| Chapter 5
| |
| Feb 16: Lect 13
| Thermal Radiation
| Chapter 3
| |
| Feb 18
| Hour Exam 1 |
| Feb 21
| Telescopes
| Chapter 6
| |
| Feb 23
| The Solar System: Overview
| Chapter 18
| |
| Feb 25
| Planet Properties
| Chapter 18
| HW 4 |
| Feb 28
| Planetary Temperatures
| Chapter 18
| |
| Mar 2
| Planetary Atmospheres
| Chapter 18
| |
| Mar 4
| The Earth
| Chapter 19, 13
| HW 5, Planetarium |
| Mar 7
| Earth-Moon System
| Chapter 19, 13
| |
| Mar 9
| The Moon
| Chapter 19
| |
| Mar 11
| Terrestrial Planets
| Chapter 19
| HW 6 |
| Mar 14
| Giant Planets
| Chapter 20
| |
| Mar 16
| Debris
| Chapter 21
| |
| Mar 18
| Birth of the Solar System I
| Chapter 21
| HW 7, Night Observing |
| Mar 21- Mar 25
| Spring Break!
|
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| Mar 28
| Birth of the Solar System II
| Chapter 21
| |
| Mar 30
| Extrasolar Planets and ET
| 19
| |
| Apr 1
| Hour Exam 2 |
| Apr 4
| The Sun: Stability and Energy
| Chapter 10, 14
| |
| Apr 6
| Solar Neutrinos
| Chapter 10,14
| |
| Apr 8
| Stars: Physical Properties
| Chapter 10, 7
| HW 8 |
| Apr 11
| Stars: Spectra and the H-R Diagram
| Chapter 9, 10, 7
| |
| Apr 13
| Life and Death of the Sun
| Chapter 13, 15
| |
| Apr 15
| Life and Death of Other Stars
| Chapter 13
| HW 9, Solar Observing |
| Apr 18
| Supernovae and Neutron Stars
| Chapter 13
| |
| Apr 20
| General Relativity
| Chapter 16, 10
| |
| Apr 22
| Black Holes
| Chapter 16, 10
| HW 10 |
| Apr 25
| The Milky Way Galaxy
| Chapter 22, 8
| |
| Apr 27
| Galaxies, Structure of the Universe
| Chapter 23, 25, 9
| |
| Apr 29
| The Big Bang I
| Chapter 25, 27, 11
| Stardial #2 |
| May 2
| The Big Bang II
| Chapter 27, 11
| |
| May 4
| Cosmic Microwave Background
| Chapter 28
| HW 11 |
| 1:30-4:30 PM, Tuesday, May 10
| FINAL EXAM |