Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics

Administrative:

Syllabus
Schombert's Schedule
Academic Calendar

The Nine Planets
Meteor Showers
Views of the Solar System
Periodic Table
Temperature Scale
Solar System Symbols
AST122: Birth and Death of Stars
AST122: Birth and Death of Stars
AST123: Galaxies and Cosmology

Astronomy/Physics Glossary
Science Calculator
What's in the Sky this Month?
Planetary Fact Sheets
Greek Alphabet
Exponents and Logarithms

Lectures:

  1. Jan 11: History
  2. Jan 13: Celestial Sphere
  3. Jan 18: Gravity
  4. Jan 20: Light and Telescopes
  5. Jan 23: Terrestrial Worlds I
  6. Jan 25: Terrestrial Worlds II
  7. Jan 27: Atmospheres
  8. Jan 30: Jovian Worlds
  9. Feb 01: Stellar Properties
  10. Feb 03: HR Diagram
  11. Feb 06: Stellar Structure
  12. Feb 08: Stellar Evolution
  13. Feb 10: Midterm Exam
  1. Feb 13: Stellar Death
  2. Feb 15: Gravistars
  3. Feb 17: ISM
  4. Feb 20: Milky Way
  5. Feb 22: Galaxies
  6. Feb 24: Distance Scale
  7. Mar 06: Geometry of the Universe
  8. Mar 08: Dark Matter/Energy
  9. Mar 10: Early Universe
  10. Mar 13: Anthropic Principle
  11. Mar 15: Cosmic Background
  12. Mar 17: Fate of the Universe
  13. Mar 23: Final Exam

Lab Assignments:

  1. Lab #1
  2. Lab #2
  3. Lab #3
  1. Lab #4
  2. Lab #5

lunar phases
 

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

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