ASTRONOMY 5 FALL 2008
GENERAL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
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Week # |
Week Beginning |
Lecture Topics and Activities |
Textbook |
Homework** |
3rd Hr Exercise |
CPS Quiz |
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1 |
8/25 |
Enrollment
Check, Introduction and Objectives Overview of
Astronomy and the Universe Distance
and Time Scales, Our Place in the Cosmos |
Chapter 1 |
Assignment 0 No Due Date |
PT |
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2 |
9/1 Monday |
Planetarium
Sky Demonstrations Terminology and Motions Seasons,
Precession, Moon Phases, Eclipses Ancient
Mysteries Retrograde Motion and Stellar Parallax |
Chapter 2 |
Assignment 1 Due 9/5 |
A*** |
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3 |
9/8 |
Early
History and the Geocentric Models, Ptolemy Origins of Modern Astronomy Copernicus, Brahe, and
Kepler Galileo Nature of Science, Observations, and Inertia and
Motion |
Chapter 3 |
Assignment 2 Due 9/12 |
B |
AA |
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4 |
9/15 |
Conservation
Laws, Momentum and Energy Law of
Universal Gravitation, Orbits and Tides |
Chapter 4 |
Assignment 3 Due 9/19 |
C |
BB |
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5 |
9/22 |
Properties
of Light, Waves & Photons, Electromagnetic Spectrum Properties
of Matter, Atomic Structure, Phase Changes Atoms and
Spectra, The Stefan-Boltzmann and Wien Laws Doppler
Shift, Radial Velocity and Rotation |
Chapter 5 |
Assignment 4 Due 9/26 |
D |
CC |
|
6 |
9/29 |
Telescopes
Refractors & Reflectors, Interferometers Light
Gathering, Angular Resolution, Magnification Observations
at Nonvisible Wavelengths, Instrumentation Atmospheric
Effects Light Pollution, Twinkling, Windows |
Chapter 6 |
Assignment 5 Due 10/3 |
E |
DD |
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7 |
10/6 |
Physical
Characteristics and Processes of the Sun Sunspots, Solar Activity Cycle, and the Sun-Earth
Connection |
Chapter 14 |
Assignment 6 Due 10/10 |
F |
EE |
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8 |
10/13 |
Properties
of Stars Luminosity, Temperature, Mass, Radius Magnitude
System, Parallax, and Binary Star Systems Stellar
Classifications and the HR Diagram Globular and Open Star Clusters, Stellar Birth and Aging Take-Home Midterm Available
(Part 1) |
Chapter 15 |
Assignment 7 Due 10/17 |
G |
FF |
ASTRONOMY 5 - FALL 2008
GENERAL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
(continued)
|
Week # |
Week Beginning |
Lecture Topics and Activities |
Textbook |
Homework |
3rd Hr Exercise |
CPS Quiz |
|
9 |
10/20 |
The Interstellar Medium and Star-Forming Clouds Stellar Formation Processes, Protostars, Disks, Jets and Winds Life Tracks
and the Masses of Evolution
and Death of In-Class Midterm (Part 2) in Third Hour (Bring Scantron
882) Extra Credit (first 10 pts) Due 10/24
by |
Chapter 16 Chapter 17 |
Ta Midterm (Part 1-50 pts) Due 10/24 |
In-Class Midterm (Part 2 50 pts) |
GG |
|
10 |
10/27 |
Evolution
and Death of High-Mass Stars White
Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes Accretion
Disks, Novae, Supernovae, Creation of the Elements Pulsars, X-Ray
Binaries and Bursters, Gamma-Ray Bursts |
Chapter 17 Chapter 18 |
Assignment 8 Due 10/31 |
H |
HH |
|
11 |
11/3 |
The Milky
Way Galaxy Characteristics, Dynamics, Galactic
Recycling, Star-Forming Regions, The Spiral Arms History of
the Milky Way, The Galactic Center |
Chapter 19 |
Assignment 9 Due 11/7 |
I |
II |
|
12 |
11/10 Monday |
Galaxy
Types Spirals, Ellipticals, and Irregulars Galaxy
Distances and Standard Candles, Cepheid Variables Hubble Law, Universal Expansion, and the Lookback Time |
Chapter 20 |
Assignment 10 Due 11/14 |
J (or
J&K) |
JJ |
|
13 |
11/17 |
Galactic
Evolution, Collisions, and Starbursts Quasars and Other Active Galaxies, Supermassive Black Holes Quasars as
Probes of the Intergalactic Medium |
Chapter 21 |
Assignment 11 Due 11/21 |
K (or
J&K or L) |
KK |
|
14 |
11/24 Thu, Fri |
Dark Matter
and Dark Energy Evidence and Composition The Large
Scale Structure of the Universe Fate of the
Universe Expand Forever or Big Crunch? |
Chapter 22 |
Assignment 12 Due 11/28 |
L |
LL |
|
15 |
12/1 |
The Big
Bang and the Universes Early Evolution Observational
Evidence & the Need for Inflation, Olbers Paradox |
Chapter 23 |
Assignment 13 Due 12/5 |
M |
MM |
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16 |
12/8 |
Sky Quiz (30 pts) and Final Exam (110 pts, 3 parts see Final
Exam Outline) Balance of Extra Credit Due 12/12 by
12:00 |
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Final |
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