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Astro 122 Lectures |
Date | Lecture | Textbook Readings: Universe 8th ed. (full) or 3rd ed (short) |
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1 | Fri. Jan. 8 | Distances in Astronomy | |||
2 | Mon. Jan. 11 | Angles | Chapter 1: pp 8 - 15 | ||
3 | Wed. Jan. 13 | Nature of Light | Chapter 5: pp 97 - 110 | ||
4 | Fri. Jan. 15 | Blackbody Radiation | Chapter 5: pp 97 - 110 | ||
5 | Mon. Jan. 18 | Structure of Atoms | Chapter 5: pp 110 - 121 | ||
6 | Wed. Jan. 20 | Discrete Spectra of Atoms | Chapter 5: pp 110 - 121 | ||
7 | Fri. Jan. 22 & Mon. Jan. 25 | Optics and Telescopes | Chapter 6: pp 129 - 153 | ||
8 | Wed. Jan. 27 & Fri. Jan. 29 | The Internal Structure of the Sun | Chapter 16: pp 403 - 413 | ||
9 | Mon. Feb. 1 | The Sun's Atmosphere | Chapter 16: pages 414 - 428 | ||
10 | Wed. Feb. 3 | The Corona and Magnetic Phenomena | Chapter 16: pages 414 - 428 | ||
11 | Fri. Feb. 5 | Stars: the Distance and the Brightness | Chapter 17: pages 433-440 | ||
12 | Mon. Feb. 8 | The Classification of Stars | Chapter 17: pages 442 - 456 | ||
13 | Wed. Feb. 10 | Binary Star Systems | Chapter 17: pages 457 - 469 | ||
Fri. Feb. 12 | Midterm | ||||
Mon. Feb. 15 - Fri. Feb. 19 | Reading Week | ||||
14 | Mon. Feb. 22 | The Interstellar Medium | Chapter 18: pages 471 - 476 | ||
15 | Wed. Feb. 24 | Star Formation | Chapter 18: pages 477 - 490 | ||
16 | Fri. Feb. 26 | Stellar Structure and Evolution | Chapter 19, pages 497 - 512 | ||
17 | Mon. Mar. 1 | Evolution of Low Mass Stars | Chapter 20: pages 525 - 533 | ||
18 | Wed. Mar. 3 | Evolution of High Mass Stars | Chapter 20: pages 533 - 548 | ||
19 | Fri. Mar. 5 | Neutron Stars | Chapter 21: pages 555 - 572 | ||
20 | Mon. Mar. 8 & Wed. Mar. 10 | Black Holes | Chapter 22: pages 577 - 600 | ||
22 | Fri. Mar. 12 | The Milky Way Galaxy | Chapter 23: pages 605 - 616 | ||
23 | Mon. Mar. 15 | Galaxies | Chapter 24: pages 635 - 646 | ||
24 | Wed. Mar. 17 | Redshifted Galaxies, Clusters of Galaxies | Chapter 24: pages 646 - 654. | ||
25 | Fri. Mar. 19 & Mon. Mar 22 | Spiral Galaxies | Chapter 23: pages 616 - 626 | ||
26 | Wed. Mar. 24 | Galactic Collisions and Evolution | Chapter 24: pages 654 - 663 | ||
27 | Fri. Mar. 26 | Quasars and Active Galaxies | Chapter 25: pages 669 - 687 | ||
28 | Mon. Mar. 29 | Observed Properties of the Universe | Chapter 26: pages 691 - 700 | ||
29 | Wed, Mar 31 | The Expanding Universe | Chapter 26: pages 691 - 700 | ||
30 | Wed. Apr. 7 | The Expanding Universe | Chapter 26: pages 691 - 700 | ||
31 | Fri. Apr. 9 | The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation | Chapter 26: pages 699-713 | ||
32 | Mon. Apr. 12 | The Early Universe | Chapter 27: pages 721 - 740 |