Astronomy
Astr 104-520
CL-138
6:30-9:00 M/Th
June 2- July 25
Sean Lally
Friends! I'm happy to have you here.
Welcome to Astronomy. I'm Sean Lally and I'll be your tour guide for a
rapid look at the world of astronomy - literally, we'll be talking about the
entire universe.
Grades will be determined by tests,
quizzes, and homework. We'll move pretty quickly, so please be sure to
talk to me if things get rough!
The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium
Pasachoff/Filippenko
4th Edition
Grading structure
30% Exam 1
30% Exam 2
20% Quizzes
20% Homework (you can drop/skip 1)
Sequence of Topics, Quizzes, Homework. Text references in
[brackets]
1 (6.2) Introduction, Why Astronomy, The
Night Sky, SI, Intro to Observing [1]
2 (6.6) Celestial Sphere, Constellations and
Asterisms, Time & Space [4]
3 (6.9) Light/EM radiation 1, Homework 1
due [2]
4 (6.13) Light/EM radiation 2, Quiz 1 [2]
5 (6.16) The
History of Astronomy, Homework 2 due [5]
6 (6.20) Moon,
Planets 1, Quiz 2 [6]
7 (6.23) Exam
1
8 (6.27) Planets
2 [7/8]
9 (6.30) The
Sun and Solar System Birth, Homework 3 due [9/10]
10 (7.7) Stars,
Quiz 3 [11]
11 (7.11) Stellar
Evolution [12/13]
12 (7.14) Galaxies,
Homework 4 due [15/16]
13 (7.18) Cosmology,
Quiz 4 [18/19]
14 (7.21) Life
in the Universe?, Homework 5 due [20]
15 (7.25) Exam
2
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