Astronomy 123: Galaxies and the Expanding Universe

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Solar System Live
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AST121: The Solar System

Astronomy Web Textbook
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AST122: Birth and Death of Stars

Lectures:

Week 01:
  1. Ancient Cosmology
  2. Medieval Cosmology
  3. Newtonian Cosmology
Week 02:
  1. Atomic Theory
  2. Clockwork Universe
  3. Quantum Physics
Week 03:
  1. Elementary Particles
  2. Relativity
Oct 14th: Exam #1
Week 04:
  1. Mass/Energy Equivalence
  2. Milky Way
  3. Hubble Sequence
Week 05:
  1. Quasars
  2. Distance Scale
  3. Creation
Week 06:
  1. Geometry of the Universe
  2. Dark Matter/Dark Energy
Nov 4th: Exam #2
Week 07:
  1. Early Universe
  2. Inflation
  3. Anthropic Principle
Week 08:
  1. Baryongenesis
  2. Nucleosynthesis
  3. Neutrinos
Week 09:
  1. Cosmic Background
  2. Large Scale Structure
Week 10:
  1. Galaxy Formation
  2. Fate of the Universe
Dec 2nd: Exam #3

Quiz Schedule:

Quiz #01/Lecture#01 - Oct 02
Quiz #02/Lecture#02 - Oct 02
Quiz #03/Lecture#03 - Oct 02
Quiz #04/Lecture#04 - Oct 09
Quiz #05/Lecture#05 - Oct 09
Quiz #06/Lecture#06 - Oct 09
Quiz #07/Lecture#07 - Oct 13
Quiz #08/Lecture#08 - Oct 13
Quiz #09/Lecture#09 - Oct 23
Quiz #10/Lecture#10 - Oct 23
Quiz #11/Lecture#11 - Oct 23
Quiz #12/Lecture#12 - Oct 30
Quiz #13/Lecture#13 - Oct 30
Quiz #14/Lecture#14 - Oct 30
Quiz #15/Lecture#15 - Nov 03
Quiz #16/Lecture#16 - Nov 03
Quiz #17/Lecture#17 - Nov 13
Quiz #18/Lecture#18 - Nov 13
Quiz #19/Lecture#19 - Nov 13
Quiz #20/Lecture#20 - Nov 20
Quiz #21/Lecture#21 - Nov 20
Quiz #22/Lecture#22 - Nov 20
Quiz #23/Lecture#23 - Nov 27
Quiz #24/Lecture#24 - Nov 27
Quiz #25/Lecture#25 - Dec 01
Quiz #26/Lecture#26 - Dec 01
All quizzes must be done by midnight on the dates listed above
Scores and answers will be available after each deadline

The background graphic of these pages is from a chart in Johannes Kepler's 1606 celestial atlas entitled De Stella Nova.

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