Aug 23 (M) Lab Introduction 25 (W) Prologue - Introduction to course, etc. 27 (F) Ch 1 - An Earth-Centered Universe 30 (M) Lab 1 - Measurements and Measurement Error Sep 1 (W) Ch 2 - A Sun-Centered System 3 (F) Ch 2 - continued 6 (M) University Holiday - Labor Day 8 (W) Ch 3 - Galileo, Newton, and Einstein 10 (F) Ch 3 - continued 13 (M) Lab 7 - Measure the Solar Constant 15 (W) Ch 4 - Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum 17 (F) Ch 4 - continued 20 (M) Lab 2 - Study of the Spectrum 22 (W) Ch 5 - Telescopes: Windows to the Universe 24 (F) Test 1 (Ch 1-5) 27 (M) Lab 3 - Properties of Lenses 29 (W) Ch 6 - The Earth-Moon System Oct 1 (F) Ch 7 - A Planetary Overview 4 (M) Lab 4 - Study of the Lunar Surface 6 (W) Ch 11 - The Sun 8 (F) Ch 11 - continued 11 (M) University Holiday - Fall Break 13 (W) Test 2 (Ch 6,7,11) 15 (F) Ch 12 - Measuring the Properties of Stars 18 (M) Lab 5 - Measuring the Earth's Orbital Velocity 20 (W) Ch 12 - continued 22 (F) Ch 13 - Interstellar Matter and Star Formation 25 (M) Lab 6 - Constructing the Orbit of Mars 27 (W) Ch 13 - continued 29 (F) Ch 14 - The Lives and Deaths of Stars Nov 1 (M) Lab 8 - Measuring Distance by Parallax 3 (W) Ch 14,15 - The Deaths of Massive Stars 5 (F) Test 3 (Ch 12-14) 8 (M) Lab 9 - Plotting the H-R Diagram 10 (W) Ch 15 - continued 12 (F) Ch 16 - The Milky Way Galaxy 15 (M) Lab 10 - The Crab Nebula 17 (W) Ch 16,17 - Milky Way, The Diverse Galaxies 19 (F) Ch 17 - continued 22 (M) Lab 11 - Stars, Gas, and Dust in the Milky Way 24 (W) Test 4 (Ch 15-17) 26 (F) University Holiday - Thanksgiving 29 (M) Lab 12 - Classify Galaxies Using POSS Prints Dec 1 (W) Ch 18 - Cosmology: The Nature of the Universe 3 (F) Test 5 - make up. Covers entire course. 6 (M) Final Exam 3:00pm-6:00pm in 123 Fondren Science