Note: You will be expected to read the assigned part of the main textbook BEFORE coming to class. Prior reading will be assumed. You will not get what you need from class if you have not read the textbook. Homework asset assignment and due dates are listed for reference. The homework sets are PDF files and the assigment in the schedule is a link. You can get them when ready. The "(Practice)" links get you memory practice exercises for use when you finish the text section. Keep them - they are not graded.
Jan 17 (F) Charting the Heavens 1,2 (Practice)
Jan 20 (M) MLK holiday
22 (W) Charting continued 3 (Practice)
24 (F) Charting continued 4,5 HW Ch 0 (Practice)
27 (M) Lab 1 - Measurements and Measurement Error part 1
29 (W) Ch 1 - The Copernican Revolution 1,2 HW Ch 0 due (Practice)
31 (F) Ch 1 continued 3 (Practice)
Feb 03 (M) Lab 1 - Measurements and Measurement Error part 2
05 (W) Ch 1 continued 4 HW Ch 1 (Practice)
07 (F) Ch 2 - Light and Matter 1-4 HW Ch 1 due (Practice)
10 (M) Lab 2 - Study of the Spectrum
12 (W) Ch 2 continued 5-8 HW Ch.2 (Practice)
14 (F) Ch 3 - Telescopes 1-3 HW Ch 2 due (Practice)
17 (M) Lab 3 - Properties of Lenses
19 (W) Ch 3 continued 4-5 HW Ch.3 (Practice)
21 (F) Ch 4 - The Solar System 1,2 HW Ch 3 due (Practice)
24 (M) Lab 6 - Constructing the Orbit of Mars
26 (W) Ch 4 continued 3,4 HW Ch.4 (Practice)
28 (F) Test 1 (Charting, Ch 1,2,3,4) HW Ch 4 due
Mar 02 (M) Lab 5 - Measuring the Earth's Orbital Velocity
04 (W) Ch 9 - The Sun: Our Parent Star 1-3 (Practice)
06 (F) Ch 9 continued 4,5 HW Ch.9 (Practice)
09 (M) Lab 4 - Study of the Lunar Surface (read sec 5.6 before lab)
11 (W) Ch 10 - Measuring the Stars 1-3 HW Ch 9 due (Practice)
13 (F) Ch 10 continued 4,5 (Practice)
16-22 Spring Break
23 (M) Lab 7 - Measure the Solar Constant
25 (W) Ch 10 continued 6,7 HW Ch.10 (Practice)
27 (F) Ch 11 - The Interstellar Medium 1-3 HW Ch 10 due (Practice)
30 (M) Lab 8 - Measuring Distance by Parallax
Apr 01 (W) Ch 11 continued 4-6 HW Ch.11 (Practice)
03 (F) Ch 12 - Stellar Evolution 1-3 HW Ch 11 due (Practice)
06 (M) Lab 9 - Plotting the H-R Diagram
08 (W) Ch 12 continued 4-7 HW Ch.12 (Practice)
10 (F) Good Friday holiday
13 (M) Lab 10 - The Crab Nebula
15 (W) Test 2 (Ch 9-12) HW Ch 12 due
17 (F) Ch 14 - The Milky Way Galaxy 1-4 (Practice)
20 (M) Lab 11 - Stars, Dust and Gas in the Milky Way
22 (W) Ch 14 continued 5-7 HW Ch.14 (Practice)
24 (F) Ch 15 Normal Galaxies HW Ch 14 due (Practice)
27 (M) Guest lecture: Prof. Robert Kehoe on Distances
29 (W) Ch 15 continued HW Ch.15 (Practice)
May 01 (F) Test 3 (Ch 14,15) HW Ch 15 due
04 (M) Test 4 - Make-up. Covers entire course
06 (W) Final Exam 15:00 18:00 in 158 Fondren Science