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Astro 122 Lectures


Lectures

        Date     Lecture         Textbook Readings:
Universe 8th ed. (full)
or 3rd ed (short)
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