| The Sky |
Chap 1-3 |
Three good chapters on what you can see with your unaided eye (but
we'll put off tides for a week or so). Also check out Appendix B,
which will help you find your way around the sky |
| History of Astronomy |
Chap 4 |
Believe it or not, this is a fun subject. I'll expand on it in
class. |
| Gravity |
Chap 4 |
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!! This is the basis of 1/2 of astronomy. And here is
where we do tides. |
| Atoms and Light |
Chap 5 (sec 1) and Chap 6 |
Again, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!! This is the basis of the other 1/2 of
astronomy |
| Telescopes |
Rest of Chap 5 |
Telescopes. Interesting, but not as important as other
topics |
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QUIZ -- JANUARY 31 |
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| Basic Properties of Stars |
Chap 8 |
Read the chapter carefully. It contains ALOT of important
stuff. |
| The Structure of Stars |
Chap 9 (sec 2-4) |
Skip the star formation stuff for now. As for the
rest, I'll include alot more information in class. |
| Stellar Evolution |
Chap 10 (sec 1-3) |
We'll do the section on binary stars after Chapter 11. Also,
skip the stuff about star clusters. That will come after
the next exam. Study the rest of the chapter. |
| Stellar Endpoint |
Chap 11 |
Really weird stuff. If we have time, we'll
also do some relativity for fun. |
| Binary Star Evolution |
Chap 10, sec 4 |
Binary star evolution can be pretty strange, but don't worry if you
get confused; it's not that important |
| Star Formation |
Chap 9, sec 1 and sec 5 |
We'll do this for the pretty pictures, not the science content |
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QUIZ -- FEBRUARY 28 |
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| The Interstellar Medium |
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Inexplicably, the book seems to skip this topic. I'll do it,
but I'll keep it light. |
| Star Clusters |
Parts of Chap 10 and 12 |
Now we'll do star clusters and put them in context |
| The Milky Way |
Chap 12 |
You can skip the stuff about the center of the Galaxy, but the rest
of the chapter is very good |
| Galaxies |
Chap 13 |
An important chapter |
| Active Galaxies |
Chap 14 |
Skim the chapter. Don't worry about any of it, except for quasars |
| Cosmology |
Chap 15 |
Mind boggling. We'll spend some time here. |
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QUIZ -- APRIL 2 |
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| Solar System Overview |
Chap 16 (sec 2) |
If you can, try to skim ahead to Chapters 17 and 18 |
| Formation of the Solar System |
Chap 16 |
This is a good chapter |
| Terrestrial Planetology |
Chap 17 |
Skip plate tectonics and the parts about planetary atmospheres |
| Planetary Atmospheres |
Chap 17 and 18 |
Now study on the sections that talk about atmopheres,
including Earth, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Titan (the moon of Saturn) |
| Tides and Rings |
Chap 17 and 18 |
Concentrate on the moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn.
We'll also go back to Chapter 3 and the Earth-Moon system |
Comets, Asteroids,
Space Flight, and Dinosaurs |
Chap 19 |
Chap 19 actually contains almost no useful information. But
skim it anyway. I'll connect the topics in my lecture. |
| Life, the Universe, and Everything |
Chap 20 |
Now I'll try to tie everything together. Read for the fun of it. |
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