Syllabus


 

Week

Subject

Chap

Homework Problems

Homewk Due Date

Jan 23 -Jan 25

The Sun

10

1,2,8,11,15

Feb 01

Jan 28 - Feb 01

Stars: Distances & Magnitudes

11

2,3,4,8,10

Feb 04

Feb 04 - Feb 08

Stars: Binary Systems

12

3,6,9,11,15,16

Feb 11

Feb 11 - Feb 15

Stars: The HR Diagram

13

2,3,5a,11,13,14

Extra Credit

Feb 18

Feb 18 - Feb 22

Milky Way Galaxy: Preview

14

6, 7, 13, plus 2 other problems

Feb 25

Feb 25 - Mar 01

Interstellar Medium, Star Birth

15

1, 4, 8, 11, 13, 18

Extra credit: 20

Mar 04

Mar 04 - Mar 08

Stellar Evolution

16

1, 5, 8, 9, 10

Extra credit: 12

Mar 11

Mar 27- Apr 05

Star Deaths

17

1 ,6, 7, 11, 13, 19

Extra credit: 15

Apr 5

Apr 05 - Apr 12

Galaxies

21

1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14

Apr 12

Apr 15 - Apr 19

Hubble's Law, Distance Scale

22

3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 14

Apr 22

Apr 22 - Apr 26

Large-Scale Structure of Universe

23

3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13

Extra credit 6

Apr 29

Apr 29 - May 03

Active Galaxies, Quasars

24

3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 17

May 8

May 06- May 10

Cosmology: Big Bang, Inflation

25,26

No homework assignment

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May 13- May 17

FINAL: Wed May 15 4:30pm - 6:30pm LR70

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