Astronomy 124

Spring 1997

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Instructor: P. A. Ianna
Email: pai@virignia.edu
Telephone: 924-7494
Office: Kerchof 322
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 2:30 pm - 4 pm
AstroWeb page: http://www.astro.virginia.edu

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Text: Discovering the Universe (Kaufmann and Comins)
Grades: Three quizes(18% each); final(26%); constellation lab; 3 lab exercises. Extra credit possible (labs, upto 5 pts credit)

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Topics/Reading(section):

• The Nature of Astronomy (I.1 - I.3)
• Patterns in the Night Sky (1.1 - 1.11)
• Optics and Telescopes (3.1 - 3.14)
• The Nature of Light (4.1 - 4.7)
• Quiz I.

• The Nature of the Sun (9.1 - 9.10)
• and Stars (III.1 - III.4; 10.1 - 10.9)
• Birth and Lives of Stars (11.1 - 11.7)
• Quiz II.

• Stellar Old Age (11.8 - 11.13; 12.1 - 12.2)
• and Stellar Death (12.3 - 12.11)
• Quiz III.
• Black Holes (13.1 - 13.7)
• Our Galaxy (IV.1-IV.2; 14.1-14.5)

• The Nature of Galaxies (15.1-15.10)
• Quasars (16.1-16.6)
• The Universe (17.1 - 17.13)

• Final - 5 May 2:00 pm (2/3 old, 1/3 new material).

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