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Textbook: The Cosmic Perspective, Bennett et al, Addison Wesley
Week |
Date |
Topic |
Chapter |
1 | August 29 |
Intro., Scientific Notation, Scale of the Universe,
Newton's Laws |
1,4 |
2 | September 5 |
Planetarium Laws of Motion | 4 |
3 | September 12 |
Sun Stars |
14 |
4 | September 19 |
Light Stellar Classification |
5 |
5 | September 26 |
Planetarium HR Diagram |
15,16,17 |
6 | Ocotber 3 |
Exam #1 Stellar Evolution | |
7 | October 10 |
White Dwarfs Novae Supernovae |
18 |
8 | October 17 |
Supernovae Neutron Stars |
18 |
9 | October 24 |
Exam #2 Pulsars |
18 |
10 | October 31 |
Planetarium Black Holes |
18 |
11 | November 7 |
The Milky Way Interstellar Medium |
|
12 | November 14 |
Galaxies Hubble's Lay | 19 |
13 | November 21 |
Thanksgiving Break |
20 |
14 | November 28 |
Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars Exam#3 |
21 |
15 | December 5 |
Planetarium Structure of Universe | 23 |
16 | December 12 |
Cosmology The Big Bang Life in the Universe |
22 |
December 16 |
Final Exam 1:30-4:00pm | All |