The Week following Monday...

Tuesday Lecture

Thursday Lecture

Homework

Aug 24

Intro. To Class/
Timekeeping [Solar vs. Sidereal]
[R&P 1.5]

Astronomical Geometry and Determining the Size of the Solar System
[R&P 2.3, 2.5]

Aug. 31

Celestial Mechanics (Deriving Kepler’s Three Laws)
[R&P 3.1] 

Orbits and the Virial Theorem
[R&P 3.2 - 3.4]

PS01 Due Friday, Sept. 4, 4pm

Dr. Cabanela in Germany, Dr. Craig guest lecturing

Sept. 7

Differential Gravitational Forces
[R&P 4.2 and 4.3]

Atomic Structure
[R&P 5.1]

PS02 and 1st Journal Article Due Friday, Sept. 11, 4pm

Sept. 14

Spectra
[R&P 5.2 to 5.3]

Equation of Radiative Transfer and LTE
[R&P 5.4 to 5.6]

PS03 Due Friday, Sept. 18, 4pm

Sept. 21

Blackbody Radiation
[R&P 5.7]

Telescopes and Detectors
[R&P 6]

PS04 Due Friday, Sept. 25, 4pm

Sept. 28

Detecting Exoplanets
[R&P 12.3]

Stars: Distances and Magnitudes
[R&P 13.1 to 13.2]

PS05 Due Friday, Oct. 2, 4pm

Oct. 5

Mid-Term Exam #1

Stars: Temperatures, Sizes, and Masses
[R&P 13.3 to 13.5]

2nd Journal Article due Friday, Oct. 9 4pm

Oct. 12

NO CLASS

Stars: Relationships between Physical Properties
[R&P  13.6]

PS06 Due Friday, Oct. 16, 4pm

Oct. 19

Hydrostatic Equilibrium
[R&P 9.2, 14.1]

Spectral Classification
[R&P 14.2 to 14.3]

PS07 Due Friday, Oct. 23, 4pm

Oct. 26

Equations of Stellar Structure
[R&P 15.1, 15.4]

Energy Generation in Stars
[R&P 15.2 to 15.3]

PS08 Due Friday, Oct. 30, 4pm

Nov. 2

The ISM and Stellar Formation
[R&P 16 (brief), 17.1]

Stellar Evolution
[R&P 17.2 for Low-Mass]

PS09 Due Friday, Nov. 6, 4pm

Nov. 9

Stellar Corpses:
White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars
[R&P 18.1 and 18.2]

Stellar Corpses: Black Holes and Supernovae
[R&P 18.3 and 18.4]

PS10 Due Friday, Nov. 13, 4pm

Nov. 16

Mid-Term Exam #2

Our Galaxy: Structure and Dynamics
[R&P 19.1 to 19.4]

Nov. 23

Our Galaxy: Oort’s  equations
[R&P 19.5 to 19.6]

NO CLASS

PS11 and Third Journal Article Due Tuesday, Nov. 24, 4pm

Nov. 30

Our Galaxy: The Nucleus
[R&P 19.7]

Other Galaxies
[R&P 20.1 to 20.3]

Dec. 7

Measuring Distances to Galaxies
[R&P 20.4 to 20.5]

NO CLASS

PS12 Due Tuesday, Dec. 8, 4pm