ASTR 120, First-Semester Introduction to Astronomy for Majors
Fall 2024
First-semester introduction to astronomy for majors, with a focus on the solar system. The class textbook is the free astronomy textbook from OpenStax; we used the Astronomy 2e version. However, there is no good textbook at the level of astronomy majors. I therefore wrote supplementary notes to accompany some of the lectures, introducing concepts such as vectors and treating topics with greater depth in the physics and mathematics.
My supplementary notes:
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