Topic
Tuesday
Thursday
Introduction to the Sky
Intro to class, read Chp 1
Sept 5
Sept 7
Motion in the Sky
Sept 12
The Paintings of Vincent Van Gogh and the Starry Sky (ppt version)
Sept 14
Cycles of the Sky
Chapter 3
Sept 19
link to VPython programs:
no-eclipse (moon not at nodes)
eclipse (moon at nodes)
Sept 21
IS Conference
no classes
Origin of Astronomy
Chapter 4
Sept 26
Sept 28
Origin of Astronomy and Gravity
Chapter 4, Chapter 5
Solar Observing this week
Oct 3
Oct 5
Light and Telescopes
Chapter 6
Oct 10
Oct 12
Chp 6.1 Radiation - Information from space
Light and Telescopes
Chapter 6
(Solution)
Oct 17
Chp 6.2 Visual-wavelength telescopes
Oct 19
Light and Telescopes
Chapter 6 and 7
Oct 24
Oct 25
Atoms and Spectra
Chapter 7
Oct 31
Nov 2
Chp 7.2 The interaction of light and matter
Atoms and Spectra
Chapter 7
Nov 7
Nov 9
Fall Break
The Sun
Chapter 8
Nov 14
Nov 16
The Interstellar Medium and Stellar Families
Chapter 9 and Chapter 10
Nov 21
Nov 23
The Death of Stars
Chapter 12 and Chapter 13
Nov 28
Nov 30
Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Chapter 14
Dec 5
Dec 7
Final Exam: Monday, December 11, 2017
9:00 am - 11:30 am; G103