Astronomy 5 - Cosmology and Galaxies

Course Information
     
Class: MWF 9:30-10:40am Thimann Lecture Hall 1
     
Sections: Mon. 4:00-5:00pm Interdisciplinary
  Tue. 11:00-12:00 Sciences Building
  Wed. 2:00-3:00pm Room 165
     
 
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Contact Information
   
Sandra Faber 101 Center for Adaptive Optics
(Instructor) 831-459-2944
  faber {at} ucolick {dot} org
Office Hours: Tues 9:30-10:30am
  Thur 3:30-4:30pm
   
Genevieve Graves 159 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building
(TA) 831-459-2774
Office Hours: Thur. 11:00-12:00 & Fri 1:30-2:30
graves {at} ucolick {dot} org
Douglas Spolyar 314 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building
(TA) 831-459-4138
Office Hours: Tue 12:00-1:00
dspolyar {at} physics {dot} ucsc {dot} edu
Annoucements
* FINAL EXAM: Thursday June 14
12:00-3:00pm, normal class location
 
* Q+A sessions in section:
June 11, 12, 13, normal times
 
Astronomy Links
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Cool astronomy pictures, changes daily
Hubble Site - News about Hubble Space Telescope, beautiful pictures
SDSS Galaxy Images - Images of nearby galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
SDSS student projects - Astronomy investigations for the interested student
   
Class Handouts
Course Calendar
Syllabus
Course Description
   
Lectures
Lectures - Powerpoints & Movies
Quizzes
   
Further Reading
Brian Greene, "The Elegant Universe"
Leon Lederman, "The God Particle"
Alan Guth, "The Inflationary Universe"
   
Homework
Problem Set #1 & solutions
Problem Set #2 & solutions
Problem Set #3 & solutions
Problem Set #4 & solutions
Problem Set #5 & solutions
  graph paper: regular or log-log
   
Online Tools
Galaxy Crash - Java Applet to investigate colliding galaxies
Cosmology Calculator - Ned Wright's Javascript calculator (very useful!)
   
   
Exam Review Sheets
Practice Final Exam & solutions
Midterm Study Guide
Practice Midterm Exam & solutions
Vocabulary list