Astronomy 222: Birth and Death of Stars

Administrative:

Syllabus
Schombert's Schedule
Academic Calendar
Academic Learning Services

Internet Resources:

Solar System Live
Unit Converter

Strobel Web Textbook
Hartmann Web Textbook
Positional Astronomy

21st Century Science
Astronomy/Physics Glossary
Meteor Showers and Comets
Greek Alphabet
Exponents and Logarithms
Temperature Scale

AST121: The Solar System
AST122: Birth and Death of Stars

Lectures:

  1. Telescopes and Observatories
  2. Light and Matter
  3. Quantum Physics
  4. Stellar Properties
  5. Binary Stars
  6. HR Diagram
  7. Stellar Interiors
  8. Stellar Envelopes
  9. Star Clusters
  10. Midterm (Feb 10)
  1. Star Formation
  2. Stellar Evolution: MS
  3. Stellar Evolution: RGB
  4. Stellar Evolution: WD
  5. Stellar Death
  6. Black Holes
  7. ISM:Cold
  8. ISM:Hot
  9. Milky Way
  10. Final Exam (Mar 14)

Problem Sets/Exams/Grades:

Prob Set #1 (due Jan 15)
Prob Set #2 (due Jan 22)
Prob Set #3 (due Jan 29)
Prob Set #4 (due Feb 05)
Prob Set #5 (due Feb 19)
Prob Set #6 (due Feb 26)
Prob Set #7 (due Mar 05)
Prob Set #8 (due Mar 12)

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

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