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Introduction to Astronomy

3-0-6 units. REST · Undergraduate

See description under subject 8.282[J] .

Spring 2006

Introduction to Astronomy provides a quantitative introduction to the physics of the solar system, stars, the interstellar medium, the galaxy, and the universe, as determined from a variety of astronomical observations and models.

Readings

  • Zeilik, Michael, and Stephen A. Gregory. Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics. 4th ed. Fort Worth, TX: Saunders College Publishing, 1997. ISBN: 9780030062285.
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  • Zeilik, Michael, and Stephen A. Gregory. Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics . 4th ed. Fort Worth, TX: Saunders College Publishing, 1997. ISBN: 9780030062285.
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  • LEC #: 5 · TOPICS: Review of Classical Mechanics; Circular Orbits · READINGS: Chapter 1
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  • LEC #: 6-7 · TOPICS: Full Kepler Orbit Problem · READINGS: Chapter 1
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  • LEC #: 8 · TOPICS: Introduction to Electromagnetic Waves; Doppler Effect · READINGS: Chapter 8
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  • LEC #: 11-12 · TOPICS: Optical, Radio, and X-Ray Telescopes · READINGS: Chapter 9
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  • LEC #: 13-14 · TOPICS: Distances and Magnitudes · READINGS: Chapter 11
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  • LEC #: 15 · TOPICS: Binary Systems · READINGS: Chapter 12
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  • LEC #: 16-17 · TOPICS: Hertzsprung-Russell Diagrams · READINGS: Chapter 13
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  • LEC #: 18-20 · TOPICS: Initial Mass Function; Olbert’s Paradox; The Milky Way · READINGS: Chapters 14, 19, 20
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  • LEC #: 21-25 · TOPICS: Birth, Structure, and Evolution of Stars · READINGS: Chapters 15, 16
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  • LEC #: 26-28 · TOPICS: Star Death: White Dwarves, Neutron Stars, Supernovae, and Black Holes · READINGS: Chapter 17
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  • LEC #: 29 · TOPICS: Cepheid Variables; Mass Transfer Binaries · READINGS: Chapter 18
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  • LEC #: 30-31 · TOPICS: Interstellar Medium · READINGS: Chapter 15
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  • LEC #: 32 · TOPICS: HII Regions; Galaxy Types · READINGS: Chapters 15, 21
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  • LEC #: 33 · TOPICS: Masses of Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters; Distance Ladder · READINGS: Chapters 21, 22, 23
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  • LEC #: 34 · TOPICS: Age and Large Scale Structure of the Universe; Intergalactic Medium · READINGS: Chapter 23
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  • LEC #: 35 · TOPICS: Active Galactic Nuclei · READINGS: Chapter 24
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  • LEC #: 36-37 · TOPICS: Newtonian Cosmology; Thermal History of the Universe · READINGS: Chapters 25, 26
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Prerequisites & course information

Same subject as 8.282[J] Prereq: Physics I (GIR) U (Spring) 3-0-6 units. REST

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