Astronomy 2--Overview of the Universe
Spring 2002
Tuesdays and Thursdays
10:00-11:45 am
E&MS B206
| Topic | Chapters | # of Lectures (approx.) |
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| 1. | Introduction, the scale of the subject, historical review, common phenomena | 1.3 (pp. 27-30), 2, 3.3-3.5, S1.4-1.6 | 2 |
| 2. | Gravity, special and general relativity | S2, S3, 5 | 2-3 |
| 3. | Light, atomic-structure, astronomical observations | 6, 7 | 2 |
| 4. | Overview of the solar system | 8.1-8.6 | 1 |
| 5. | Properties and motions of stars | 14, 15 | 2 |
| 6. | Birth, evolution, and death of stars | 16, 17 | 3 |
| 7. | The Milky Way and the interstellar medium | 18 | 2 |
| 8. | Galaxies, quasars, active galaxies | 19, 20, 21 | 3 |
| 9. | Cosmology, the Big Bang, life in the universe | 19.3, 22, S5, 8.7, 13.4, 13.6 | 2-3 |