ASTR 1020 Fall 2009 Schedule

Quiz dates assume the lecture material has been covered – if it has not we will finish
the material and take the quiz in the next lecture period.
The exam dates are fixed and will NOT change.

Links will be added to lecture material – check EACH week for new PDF

Week Date	Lecture	Homework	Quiz Exam	Link to Lecture
Part I –Light Telescopes and Our Nearest Star
1: T Aug 18	First Quiz and Bonus Essay Video		Quiz 1	Lec1
R Aug 20	1 - Introduction to the night sky and the scientific method	Read chapters 1 & 2. Chapter1/Questions 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 36, 42
2 T Aug 25	2- The Nature of Light I - Waves, particles, blackbody radiation & Doppler shifts	Read chapter 5, Questions 2,4,6,7, 9,11,12,13,14, 16, 17,18,26,31		Lec2
R Aug 27	3-The Nature of light II - Spectra			Lec3
3 T Sep 1	4-Telescopes	Read chapter 6. questions: 6,8,10,11,18,19, 23,24,26,31,36	Quiz 2	Lec 4
R Sep 3	5-Our Sun	Read chapter 16, homework: Questions: 2,3,4,5,6,9,12,14,18, 20,23,25,29,34,42,47		Lec 5
4T Sep 8	Review Session	Example Exam Questions (PDF)	Study Guide for exam 1 (word format)
R Sep 10	Exam #1		Exam 1
Part II - The Nature of Stars: Birth Through Death
5 T Sep 15	6-The nature of Stars I	Read chapter 17. Questions: 1,3,4,5,7,10,15,35,42,43,44,46		Lec 6
R Sep 17	7-The nature of Stars II	Questions: 16,17,19,20,22,26,39		Lec 7
6 T Sep 22	8-The Birth of Stars I – The Interstellar Medium	Read chapter 18, Questions: 1,4,5,9, 10,32		Lec 8
R Sep24	9-The Birth of Stars II	Read chapter 18, Questions:13,14,15,16, 19, 23,27,28,30	Quiz 3	Lec 9
7 T Sep29	10-Stellar Evolution: Main Sequence &Giants	Read chapter 19. Questions:3,4,6, 7,8,9,10,14,16	Quiz 4	Lec 10
R Oct 1	11-Stellar Evolution: Death of Massive Stars Out with a bang	Read chapter 20. questions:22,28,30,31,50,56		Lec 11
8 T Oct 6	Review		Quiz 5 Study Guide Exam #2 (word)
R Oct 8	Exam #2		Exam 2
Part III - Space Time (Special and General Relativity) & The Nature of Galaxies
9 T Oct 13	12-Special Relativity	Read chapter 22, Questions:4,33,34,35		Lec 12
R Oct 15	13-General Relativity Black Holes & A Trip To The Stars?	Read chapter 22. Questions: 8,9,11,14,18,20,27,28,29,30,32	Quiz 6	Lec 13
10 T Oct 20	14-The Milky Way	Read chapter 23		Lec 14
R Oct 22	15-Dark Matter, Density Waves and Black Holes, & Galaxy Types	Read chapter 23+ Part 24. 23 Questions:1,2,3,4,6,8,16,18,20,22,23,24,26,32,33		Lec 15
11 T Oct 27	16-Galaxies and Large Scale Structure			Lec 16
R Oct 29	Review		Quiz 7 Study Guide for exam 3(word format)
12 T Nov 3	Exam #3		Exam 3
Part IV: Colliding Galaxies, AGN, Cosmology and the Early Universe
R Nov 5	17-Colliding Galaxies	Read chapter 24 Questions 7,8,24,25		Lec 17
13 T Nov10	18-Quasars and AGN	Read chapter 25 Questions 1,6,7,18,21,24,37,40		Lec 18
R Nov12	19-Cosmology I	Read Chapter 26		Lec 19
14T Nov17	20-Cosmology II	questions:1,3,4,6,9,11,16,19,20,23,24,28,31,32,34,35,38	Quiz 8	Lec 20
R Nov19	21-The Early Universe	Read Chapter 27		Lec 21
15T Nov24	No Class -Happy TG!	GSU Furlough
R Nov26	No Class -Happy TG!	GSU Furlough
16 T Dec 1	Final Review + quizzes	Bonus Essay Due Today! **NO LATE ESSAYS ACCEPTED**	Quiz 9
R Dec 3	Problem solving session
T Dec 8		Exam 12:30-14:30 MP3001	Final Exam