1 | Date | Chapter | Lecture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 8/28/2012 | Introduction to Modern Astrophysics | ||
3 | 8/30/2012 | 1 | The Celestial Sphere (1.1, 1.3, 1.4) | |
4 | 9/4/2012 | 2 | Celestial Mechanics (2.1) | |
5 | 9/6/2012 | 2 | Deriving Keplers Laws (2.2, 2.3) | |
6 | 9/11/2012 | 3 | Blackbody Radiation (3.3, 3.4, 3.5) | |
7 | 9/13/2012 | 3 | Color Magnitudes (3.1, 3.2, 3.6) | |
8 | 9/18/2012 | 4 | Special Relativity (4.1, 4.2, 4.3) | |
9 | 9/20/2012 | 4 | Redshift (4.3) | |
10 | 9/25/2012 | EXAM 1 | Pre-Class 8 AM Meetings | |
11 | 9/27/2012 | Student Talk Introduction / Exam 1 Review / SDSS Search | ||
12 | 10/2/2012 | 5 | Spectral Lines (5.1, 5.2) | |
13 | 10/4/2012 | The Pluto Debate | Berg & Maybin (discuss) | |
14 | 10/9/2012 | 5 | The Bohr Model (5.3) | Berg & Maybin (grade) |
15 | 10/11/2012 | 5 | Quantum Mechanics (5.4) / Life on Jovian Moons (Berg & Maybin) | Grimes & Walden (discuss) |
16 | 10/16/2012 | Fall Break | ||
17 | 10/18/2012 | 6 | Telescopes (6.1, 6.2, 6.3) | Grimes & Walden (discuss) |
18 | 10/23/2012 | Measuring a Black Hole (Grimes & Walden) | ||
19 | 10/25/2012 | 6 | Observatories (6.4, 6.5) | |
20 | 10/30/2012 | Telescope Training | Borgia & Duff (discuss, 10/31 at 3:30 PM) | |
21 | 11/1/2012 | EXAM 2 | ||
22 | 11/6/2012 | 7 | Binary Stars (7.1, 7.2, 7.3) | McDevitt, Reinckens, Smith (discuss, 11/6 at 8:00 AM), Borgia & Duff (grade, 11/5 at 3:30 PM) |
23 | 11/8/2012 | The eXtreme Deep Field (Borgia & Duff) | ||
24 | 11/13/2012 | 7 | Extrasolar Planets (7.4) | McDevitt, Reinckens, Smith (grade) |
25 | 11/15/2012 | Voyager Mission (McDevitt, Reinckens, Smith) | ||
26 | 11/20/2012 | 8 | The Boltzmann and Saha Equations (8.1) | Barger & Rieth (discuss) |
27 | 11/22/2012 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
28 | 11/27/2012 | 8 | The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram (8.2) | Barger & Rieth (grade) |
29 | 11/29/2012 | The Big Bang Theory and the CMB (Barger & Rieth) | ||
30 | 12/4/2012 | EXAM 3 | ||
31 | 12/6/2012 | FINAL GROUP EXAM |