Lecture plan
This lecture plan is TENTATIVE!
Week 1.
Tues, 25-Aug.
Course overview, Olber's paradox, time and the celestial sphere (Ch. 1)
Thurs, 27-Aug.
Emergence of modern astronomy (Ch. 2)
Week 2.
Tues, 1-Sep.
Orbital mechanics. (Ch. 3)
Thurs, 3-Sep.
Earth-Moon. (Ch. 4)
Week 3.
Tues, 8-Sep.
Radiation and matter (Ch. 5)
Thurs, 10-Sep.
Radiation and matter (Ch. 5)
Week 4.
Tues, 15-Sep.
Astronomical detection of light (Ch. 6)
Thurs, 17-Sep.
Astronomical detection of light (Ch. 6)
Week 5.
Tues, 22-Sep.
-- MIDTERM --
Thurs, 24-Sep.
The Sun (Ch. 7)
Week 6.
Tues, 29-Sep.
The Solar System (Ch. 8)
Thurs, 1-Oct.
Planet formation. (Ch. 8--12)
Week 7.
Tues, 6-Oct.
Astrocoffee!!!
Thurs, 8-Oct.
Planets, rings and satellites (Ch. 9, 10, 11)
Week 8.
Tues, 13-Oct.
*** Fall break ***
Thurs, 15-Oct.
*** Fall break ***
Week 9.
Tues, 20-Oct.
Stars (Ch. 13)
Thurs, 22-Oct.
Stellar atmospheres (Ch. 14)
Week 10.
Tues, 27-Oct.
HR diagram (Ch. 14)
Thurs, 29-Oct.
Stellar interiors (Ch. 15)
Week 11.
Tues, 3-Nov.
Stars, review
Thurs, 5-Nov.
-- MIDTERM --
Week 12.
Tues, 10-Nov.
The interstellar medium (Ch. 16)
Thurs, 12-Nov.
Star formation (Ch. 17)
Week 13.
Tues, 17-Nov.
Stellar evolution (Ch. 17)
Thurs, 19-Nov.
Stellar remnants (Ch. 18)
Week 14.
Tues, 24-Nov.
Our Galaxy (Ch. 19)
Thurs, 26-Nov.
*** Thanksgiving ***
Week 15.
Tues, 1-Dec.
Galaxies & AGN
Thurs, 3-Dec.
-- MIDTERM --
Week 16.
Tues, 8-Dec.
Cosmology: The theory (Ch. 23)
Thurs, 10-Dec.
Cosmology: Concordance (Ch. 24)
Final! Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
