Astronomy 1: Introduction to the Cosmos
Fall 2009
Lectures:
You
will be able to download some of my lecture notes and outlines from
here. Do
not expect to use these as a substitute for coming to class.
They
are my own lecture notes and probably do not contain all the detail you
will get by coming to class. They may be useful as an outline
to you of what was covered in lecture.
Week 1 (Sept 25), Introduction - Units 1-4:
wk1.ppt or
wk1.pdf and
movies
Week 2 (Sept 28, 30, Oct 2), Earth, Moon, Sun, Planets - Units 5-13:
wk2.ppt or
wk2.pdf
Follow
this link
to get to some of the web demonstrations that I've been showing in lecture.
The last slide in the week's lecture notes gives a list of the best/most
relevant animations.
Week 3 (Oct 5, 7, 9), Kepler's Laws, Light, Atoms - Units 14-16, 20-25:
wk3.ppt or
wk3.pdf
Follow
this link
to get to some of the web demonstrations that I've been showing in lecture.
The last slide in the week's lecture notes gives a list of the best/most
relevant animations.
Week 4 (Oct 12, 14, 16), Relativity, Quasars, AGNs, Black Holes - Units 53,68,77:
wk4.ppt or
wk4.pdf
Week 5 (Oct 19, 21, 23), Expanding Universe - Units 74,79:
wk5.ppt or
wk5.pdf
Week 6 (Oct 26, 28, 30), Cosmology, CMBR, Early Universe - Units 80-82:
wk6.ppt or
wk6.pdf
Week 7 (Nov 2, 4, 6), Galaxies, The Milky Way, Morphological Types - Units 70-71,73,75-76:
wk7.ppt or
wk7.pdf
Week 8 (Nov 9, 13), No new course material this week
Week 9 (Nov 16, 18, 20), Birth and Life Cycle of Stars - Units 49-50,55,58-62,69:
wk9.ppt or
wk9.pdf
Week 10 (Nov 23, 25), Death of Stars - Units 64-68:
wk10.ppt or
wk10.pdf
Week 11 (Nov 30, Dec 2, 4), Interstellar Medium, Dark Matter - Units 72,78:
wk11.ppt or
wk11.pdf