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