A. Fundamentals of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Aug. 31 -- Course preview, diagnostic test
Sept. 2 -- Introduction to class; scales in astronomy
Sept. 4,9 -- Earth's motion in space: day/night, seasons, constellations
and precession, Moon's orbit and eclipses (Chapter 1)
Sept. 11,14 -- Development of heliocentric model; modern orbit theory
(Chapter 2)
Sept. 16,18 -- Electromagnetic radiation I (Chapter 3)
Sept. 21,23 -- Electromagnetic radiation II (Chapter 4)
Sept. 25,28 -- Telescopes (Chapter 5)
Sept. 30 -- TBA
B. The Solar System
Oct. 2 -- Solar System Overview (Chapter 6)
Oct. 2, 5 -- Earth (Chapter 7)
Oct. 7 -- Moon and Mercury (Chapter 8)
Oct. 9 -- Midterm I (covers through Ch. 5)
Oct. 12 -- Venus (Chapter 9)
Oct. 14 -- Mars (Chapter 10)
Oct. 16 -- Jupiter (Chapter 11)
Oct. 19 -- Saturn (Chapter 12)
Oct. 21 -- Uranus, Neptune, Pluto (Chapter 13)
Oct. 23,26 -- Comets and Asteroids (Chapter 14)
Oct. 26,28 -- Solar System Origins (Chapter 15)
C.Stars
Oct. 30, Nov 2-- The Sun (Chapter 16)
Nov. 2,4-- Stars (Chapter 17)
Nov. 6,9-- Stellar Evolution (Chapter 20)
Nov. 9,11 -- Stellar Death (Chapter 21)
Nov. 13,16 -- Black Holes and Neutron Stars (Chapter 22)
Nov. 18 -- Midterm II (covers Ch. 6-17)
D. Galaxies and the Universe
Nov. 16,20 -- The Milky Way (Chapter 23)
Nov. 23,25 -- Normal Galaxies (Chapter 24)
Nov. 30 -- Active Galaxies and Quasars (Chapter 25)
Dec. 2,4 -- Cosmology (Chapter 26)
Dec. 4,7 -- The Early Universe (Chapter 27)
Dec. 9 -- Life in the Universe (Chapter 28)
Dec. 11 -- Open for overflow/review