| Week Beginning | Title | Textbook reading
| Notes |
| January 22 |
Basic Observat
ions and Vocabulary |
Chapter 1 |
Correction to slide 32, One light year is 9.45 * 10^15 m |
| January 28 |
A Historical P
erspective |
Chapters 2 & 3 |
Homework 1 due 5pm Friday, Feb 1 |
| February 4 |
Introducing Ne
wton |
Chapter 4 |
Homework 2 due 5pm Friday, Feb 8Moday Feb 4 office hours are cancell
ed |
| February 11 |
Light and Tele
scopes |
Chapters 5 & 6 |
Homework 3 due 5pm Friday, Feb 15 |
| February 18 |
Review |
|
Exam 1 Wednesday, Feb 20
Homework 4 due 5pm Friday, Feb 22 |
| February 25 |
The Sun -- Our
Star |
Chapter 14 |
Homework 5 due 5pm Friday, Feb 29 |
| March 3 |
Properties of
stars |
Chapter 15 |
Homework 6 due 5pm Friday, March 7Clear Sky Patrol now runs from 8pm
to 10pm |
| March 10 |
Stellar birth
and life |
Chapters 16 & 17 |
Homework 7 due 5pm Friday, March 14Clear Sky Patrol now runs from 9p
m to 11pm |
| March 17 |
|
Spring Break |
| March 24 |
Stellar Death |
Chapter 18 |
Homework 8 due 5pm Friday March 28
Deadline for CSP Group A is Thursday March 27
|
| March 31 |
Review |
|
Exam 2 Wednesday April 2
Homework 9 due 5pm Friday April 4 |
| April 7 |
The Milky Way |
Chapter 19 |
Homework 10 due 5pm Friday April 11 |
| April 14 |
Galaxies |
Chapter 20 |
Homework 11 due 5pm Friday April 18
|
| April 21 |
Active Galaxies |
Chapter 21 |
Homework 12 due 5pm Friday April 25 |
| April 28 |
Review |
Exam 3 Friday May 2nd |
Deadline for CSP Group B is Thursday May 1stHomework 13 due 5pm Friday May 2 |
| May 5 |
Cosmology |
Chapter 22 & 23 |
Homework 14 due 5pm Friday May 9 |
| May 12 |
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|
Final exam Wednesday May 14th 2:15pm |