15-Phys-121 Winter Quarter 2007:
Astronomy: Stars & Galaxies

Professor Margaret M. Hanson, 513-556-0524
margaret dot hanson at uc dot edu
Tuesday, Thursday, 9:30am - 10:50am, Old Chem 525

SYLLABUS, NOTES & EXAM SCHEDULE (UPDATED!!)

Week Dates Topic and Lecture Notes Page #'s for Reading* Lecture note pages
One Jan 4 Light & Matter 56 - 61, 80 - 92 Light: 1-6
Two Jan 9, 11 Light & Matter (cont.) Our Sun 198 - 215 Light: 7-9 Sun: 1-6
Three Jan 16, 18 Characterizing Stars, (Review Test 1) 217 - 224 Stars: 1-4
Four Tues, Jan 23 TEST 1
Jan 25 Characterizing Stars 224 - 233 Stars: 5-7
Five Jan 30, Feb 1 Gas/Dust, Star Birth Stellar Evolution 235 - 256, 258 -270 Evol: 1-6
Six Feb 6, 8 Stellar Death, (Review Test 2) 271 - 277 Death: 1-5
Seven Feb 13 UC CLOSED
Feb 15 TEST 2
Eight Feb 20, 22 Relativity/BH, Galaxies 277 - 287, 292 - 312 Death: 6-8, Galaxies 1-4
Nine Feb 27, Mar 1 Galaxies, Cosmology, (Review Test 3) 312-334, 338-340, 351-355 Galaxies 5-9, Cosmology 1-2
Ten Tues, Mar 6 TEST 3
Mar 8 Review for Final (Review Sheet)
FINALS Tues, Mar 13 8-10am, FINAL EXAM

*Textbook: "Discovering the Essential Universe", 3rd Ed., , Author: Niel F. Comins. Amazon.com link to book
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