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Astronomy 174 -- Major's Seminar -- Spring 2008


Course schedule for Spring 2008.

Week

Lecturer

 

 

Likely Topic

Assignment

Jan 22

Mike Skrutskie

PDF

PPT

Infrared Observation and Instrumentation

Assignment

Jan 29

Craig Sarazin

PDF

PPT

High Energy Astrophysics

Assignment


Solutions


Feb 5

Phil Arras

PDF

PPT

Understanding Extrasolar Planets

Assignment

Feb 12

Steve Majewski

PDF

PPT

Constructing the Milky Way

Assignment

Feb 19

Anne Verbiscer

PDF

PPT

The Icy Satellites of Saturn

Assignment

Feb 26

Kelsey Johnson

PDF

PPT

Massive Star Formation and Galaxies

Assignment

Mar 4

Spring Break Week

 

 

 

 

Mar 11

Bob O'Connell

PDF

PPT

Mergers and Exploding Galaxies

Assignment

Mar 18

Remy Indebetouw

PDF

PPT

 

Assignment

Mar 25

Jeff Bary

PDF

PPT

Astronomy Outreach, Teaching, and Teacher Education

Assignment

Apr 1

David McDavid

PDF

PPT

Be Stars: An Unsolved Problem in Stellar Astrophysics

Assignment

Saturday
Apr 12 or 19

Bob Rood

PDF

PPT

Visiting NRAO Green Bank - Radio Astronomy (Saturday trip)

No Assignment
Green Bank Trip

Apr 8

Trinh Thuan

PDF

PPT

 

Assignment

April 15

Ed Murphy

PDF

PPT

The Ultraviolet Sky (at McCormick Observatory)

Assignment

April 22

Roger Chevalier

PDF

PPT

Theoretical Understanding of Cosmic Explosions

Assignment

April 29

Zhi-Yun Li

PDF

PPT

Star Formation

Assignment