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ASTR 1210: Introduction to the Sky and the Solar System

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This is the webpage is from the last time I taught this course, and will be updated before I teach it again.

Syllabus

Text:

Ryden and Peterson, Foundations of Astrophysics, ISBN-13: 978-1-108-83195-6, Cambridge University Press

Reading:

  • Introduction [Preface]
  • Coordinates, Time, and Telescopes [Chapt. 1]
  • Motion and Gravity [Chapts. 2 & 3]
  • For a quick review of vectors, see
  • Electromagnetism and Light [Chapts. 5 & 6]
  • Basic Stellar Properties [Chapt. 13, pp. 307-321; Sect. 19.3, pp. 444-448]
  • Binary Stars [Chapt. 13, pp. 322-335]
  • The Sun [Chapt. 7]
  • Atomic Physics [Chapt. 5]
  • The material for Test 1 ends here.
  • Stellar Spectra [Chapt. 14]
  • Stellar Structure [Chapt. 15]
  • Stellar Evolution [Chapt. 17, pp. 398-408]
  • The Death of Stars [Chapt. 18, pp. 409-425]
  • General Relativity [Chapt. 23, pp. 536-539]
  • The material for Test 2 ends here.
  • Stellar Evolution in Binaries [Chapt. 18, pp. 426--432]
  • The Interstellar Medium and Star Formation [Chapt. 16, Sect. 17.1]
  • Our Galaxy, the Milky Way [Chapt. 19]