Observing the
Universe
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Date
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Subject
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Reading in Text
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Comments
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01/22/13
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Overview and the
Scale of the Universe
Lecture
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Course website
Ch. 1
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You can now start your Homework
# 1,
which is due on 2/11
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1/24; 1/29
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The Sky
Lecture
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Ch. 2
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1/31, 2/5
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Cycles of the Sky
Lecture
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Ch. 2
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Quiz 1, on 2/5
content: Scale of the Universe, the Sky
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02/07/13
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The Origin
of Modern Astronomy
Lecture
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Ch. 3-4
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Homework #1 due
on
2/11
You can now start
homework #2,
which is due on
2/26
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2/12, 2/14
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Light: The
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Lecture
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Ch. 5
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Quiz 2, on 2/14
content: Cycles of the Sky, the Origin
of Modern Astronomy
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02/21/13
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Atoms and Star
light
Lecture
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Ch.5
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02/26/13
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Catch up/Review
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Ch.1-5
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Homework #2 due on 2/26
You
can now start your homework #3,
which is due on 4/4
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02/28/13
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EXAM 1
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Content: Ch.1-5
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Stars and Stellar
Evolution
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Date
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Subject
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Reading in Text
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Comments
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03/05/13
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The Sun -- Our Star
Lecture
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Ch.10
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3/7, 3/12
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Other stars
Lecture
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Ch.11
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03/14/13
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Physics of
Stars
Lecture
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Ch. 12
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3/26, 3/28
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Stellar Life and
Death, Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Lecture
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Ch. 13
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Quiz 3, on 3/26
content: The Sun, other stars, physics
of stars
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04/02/13
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Catch up/Review
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Ch 10-13
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Homework #3 due
on
4/4
You can now start homework #4,
which is due on 4/26
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04/04/13
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EXAM 2
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Content: Ch.10-13
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Galaxies and Cosmology
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Date
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Subject
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Reading in Text
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Comments
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4/9, 4/11
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The Milky Way: Our
Galactic Home
Lecture
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Ch. 14
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04/16/13
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Galaxies
Lecture
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Ch.15
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04/18/13
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Quasars and Massive Black
Holes
Lecture
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Ch. 15
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Quiz 4, on 4/18
content: Milky Way,
Galaxies
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04/23/13
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Cosmology
Lecture
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Ch.16,17
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04/25/13
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Catch up/Review
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Ch 14-17
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Homework #4 due on 4/26
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04/30/13
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EXAM 3
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Content: Ch.14-17
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