Elements of Astronomy - Spring 1999

Syllabus

Jan  11  (M) Lab Introduction
     13  (W) Prologue - Introduction to course, etc.
     15  (F) Ch 1 - An Earth-Centered Universe
     18  (M) University Holiday - no class
     20  (W) Ch 2 - A Sun-Centered System
     22  (F) Ch 2 - continued
     25  (M) Lab 1 - Measurements and Measurement Error
     27  (W) Ch 3 - Galileo, Newton, and Einstein
     29  (F) Ch 3 - continued
Feb   1  (M) Lab 2 - Properties of Lenses
      3  (W) Ch 4 - Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
      5  (F) Ch 4 - continued
      8  (M) Lab 3 - Study of the Spectrum
     10  (W) Test 1
     12  (F) Ch 5 - Telescopes: Windows to the Universe
     15  (M) Lab 4 - Study of the Lunar Surface
     17  (W) Ch 6 - The Earth-Moon System
     19  (F) Ch 7 - A Planetary Overview
     22  (M) Lab 5 - Measuring the Earth's Orbital Velocity
     24  (W) Ch 11 - The Sun
     26  (F) Ch 11 - continued
Mar   1  (M) Lab 6 - Constructing the Orbit of Mars
      3  (W) Test 2
      5  (F) Ch 12 - Measuring the Properties of Stars
      8  (M) Spring Break
     10  (W) Spring Break
     12  (F) Spring Break
     15  (M) Lab 7 - Measure the Solar Constant
     17  (W) Ch 12 - continued
     19  (F) Ch 13 - Interstellar Matter and Star Formation
     22  (M) Lab 8 - Measuring Distance by Parallax
     24  (W) Ch 13 - continued
     26  (F) Ch 14 - The Lives and Deaths of Stars
     29  (M) Lab 9 - Plotting the H-R Diagram
     31  (W) Ch 14,15 - The Lives and Deaths of Stars
Apr   2  (F) University Holiday
      5  (M) Lab 10 - The Crab Nebula
      7  (W) Test 3
      9  (F) Ch 15 - The Deaths of Massive Stars
     12  (M) Spare lab day
     14  (W) Ch 16 - The Milky Way Galaxy
     16  (F) Ch 16,17 - Milky Way, The Diverse Galaxies
     19  (M) Lab 11 - Stars, Gas, and Dust in the Milky Way
     21  (W) Ch 17 - continued
     23  (F) Test 4
     26  (M) Lab 12 - Classify Galaxies Using POSS Prints
     28  (W) Ch 18 - Cosmology: The Nature of the Universe
     30  (F) Test 5 - make up.  Covers entire semester.
May   8  (S) Final Exam 11:30am-2:30pm in 123 Fondren Science

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