This course is a survey of various topics including the Sun; life cycles of stars including black holes and pulsars; diversity of galaxies including the Milky Way and distant quasars; cosmology—the history, structure, and fate of the universe; current results from recent astronomical observations; for non-science majors.
Teaching Assistants
Cole Armstrong
Rachel Pauline
Brendan Powers
Sal Quaid
Lab Schedule - Spring 2024 |
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Week | Lab |
15 January – 19 January | No Lab – First Week |
22 January – 26 January | Active Learning |
29 January – 2 February | Measuring the Sky |
5 February – 9 February | Exploring the Sky |
12 February – 16 February | Spectroscopy |
19 February – 23 February | Angular Size |
26 February – 1 March | Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram and Star Clusters |
4 March – 8 March | Solar Observations/Project Workday I (Project info here) |
11 March – 15 March | No Lab – Spring Break Week |
18 March – 22 March | Solar Observations/Project Workday I (Project info here) |
25 March – 29 March | Image Analysis |
1 April – 5 April | Project Workday II (Project info here) |
8 April – 12 April | SIMBAD Astronomical Database |
15 April – 19 April | Astronomical Redshift |
22 April – 26 April | Clear Skies due, Earth's Changing Climate |
29 April – 3 May | Project Presentations, Project Papers Due (Project info here) |
6 May – 10 May | No Lab – Final Exam Week |