Astronomy
Course Syllabus
Course Syllabus for Astronomy
Astronomy Syllabus: Homework, Reading Assignments, Discussion Topics, and Labs
Use the Links in the Homework column to find your homework assignment. Homework is usually due on the date given, unless otherwise stated in the assignment.
| Week | Date | Chapter | Topic | Lab | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 7, 2021 | HW00 | Introduction to Course: Methods and online Resources | Lab Reports | |
| 2 | Sep 14, 2021 | HW01 | 1.1-8 | Astronomy and the Universe | Observing Techniques |
| 3 | Sep 21, 2021 | HW02A | 2.1-4 | Knowing the Heavens | Observing Constellations |
| 4 | Sep 28, 2021 | HW02B | 2.5-8 | Finding your way around the year | Observing Using Coordinate Systems |
| 5 | Oct 5, 2021 | HW03 | 3.1-6 | Eclipses and the Motion of the Moon | Observing the Moon |
| 6 | Oct 12, 2021 | HW04A | 4.1-4 | Gravitation | Planetary Orbits |
| 7 | Oct 19, 2021 | HW04B | 4.5-8 | Derivation of Kepler's Laws | Determining the Mass of Jupiter |
| 8 | Oct 26, 2021 | HW05A | 5:1-4 | The Wave Nature of Light | Spectroscopy |
| 9 | Nov 2, 2021 | HW05B | 5.5-9 | The Particle Nature of Light | Refraction and Reflection |
| 10 | Nov 9, 2021 | HW06 | 6 | Optics and the Telescope | Telescopes |
| 11 | Nov 16, 2021 | HW07 | 7 | Comparative Planetology 1 | Observing Mercury and Venus |
| 12 | Nov 23, 2021 | HW08 | 8 | Comparative Planetology 2 | Observing Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn |
| 13 | Nov 30, 2021 | HW09 | 9 | The Living Earth: Geology [Terrestrial Plate Tectonics and Atmosphere] | Earth's Rocks |
| 14 | Dec 7, 2021 | HW10 | 10 | Our Barren Moon [Surface Features w/o plate tectonics or erosion] | Crater Formation |
| 15 | Dec 14, 2021 | HW11 | 11 | Mercury, Venus, and Mars [Planetary core structures and planetary development] | The Greenhouse Effect |
| 16 | Dec 21, 2021 | CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY | |||
| Dec 28, 2021 | NEW YEAR's HOLIDAY | ||||
| Jan 4, 2022 | Focus on Terrestrial Planets | ||||
| 17 | Jan 11, 2022 | HW12 | 12 | Jupiter and Saturn [Atmospheres II] | Differential Rotation |
| 18 | Jan 18, 2022 | HW13 | 13 | Jupiter and Saturn's Satellites: Moons, Rings and Tidal Forces | Ice Under Pressure |
| 19 | Jan 25, 2022 | HW14 | 14 | Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and the Kuiper Belt; Roche Limit | Observation of Jupiter's Moons |
| 20 | Feb 1, 2022 | HW15 | 15 | Vagabonds of the Solar System | Comet Observations |
| 21 | Feb 8, 2022 | Project Presentations, Review, and Exam | NO LAB | ||
| 22 | Feb 15, 2022 | HW16 | 16 | Our Star, the Sun | Sunspots |
| 23 | Feb 22, 2022 | HW17 | 17 | The Nature of the Stars | Stellar Motions and Distances |
| 24 | Mar 1, 2022 | HW18 | 18 | The Birth of Stars | Stellar Spectra |
| 25 | Mar 8, 2022 | HW19 | 19 | Stellar Evolution: On and After the Main Sequence | Stellar Evolution |
| 26 | Mar 15, 2022 | What we can learn from starlight | |||
| 27 | Mar 22, 2022 | HW20 | 20 | Stellar Evolution: Death of Stars | Variable stars - Period Luminosity Relationships |
| 28 | Mar 29, 2022 | HW21 | 21 | Black Holes | Binary Stars |
| 29 | Apr 5, 2022 | HW22 | 22 | Our Galaxy | Observing HII Regions |
| 30 | Apr 12, 2022 | HOLY WEEK HOLIDAY | |||
| Apr 19, 2022 | HW23 | 23 | Galaxies | Classifying Normal Galaxies | |
| 31 | Apr 26, 2022 | HW24 | 24 | Quasars and Active Galaxies | Classifying Active Galaxies |
| 32 | May 3, 2022 | HW25 | 25 | Cosmology | Hubble's Law |
| 33 | May 10, 2022 | HW26 | 26 | The Early Universe | The Curvature of Space |
| 34 | May 17, 2022 | HW27 | 27 | The Search for Extra Terrestrial Life | The Search For ExoPlanets |
| 35 | May 24, 2022 | Current events in astronomy/Project Presentations | |||
| 36 | May 31, 2022 | Review, and Exam | |||
| Jun 7, 2022 |
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