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Astronomy 264

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Date Reading Topic
13-Jan I.1 - I.6 Introduction
15-Jan I.7 - I.13 Survey
20-Jan 3.1 - 3.2 Light
22-Jan 3.3 - 3.5 Atoms
27-Jan 3.6 - 3.7 Doppler Effect & "Seeing"
29-Jan 4.1 - 4.3 Telescopes
3-Feb 4.4 - 4.9 Detecting Light
5-Feb 11.1 - 11.3 Sun
10-Feb 11.4 - 11.5 Active Sun
12-Feb 12.1 - 12.2 Stellar Properties
17-Feb 12.3 - 12.5 Stellar Spectra& Binaries
19-Feb 12.6 - 12.8 HR Diagram & Variable Stars
24-Feb
Catch Up and Review
25-Feb 8:30 - 9:30PM TEST I Chs. I,3,4,11,12 (EE129)
No lab 2-25-04.
26-Feb 13.1 - 13.4 Stellar Evolution & Main Sequence
2-Mar 13.5 - 13.9 Near Stellar Death
4-Mar 14.1 - 14.2 White Dwarfs & Neutron Stars
9-Mar 14.3 Black Holes
11-Mar
No Class
16-Mar
No Class Spring Break
18-Mar
No Class Spring Break
23-Mar 15.1 - 15.3 The Milky Way
25-Mar 15.4 - 15.5 Interstellar Medium
30-Mar 15.6 - 15.8 Size of Milky Way
1-Apr
Catch Up and Review
6-Apr IN CLASS TEST II Chs. 13,14,15
8-Apr 16.1 Galaxies
13-Apr 16.2 - 16.5 Galactic Properties
15-Apr 16.6 - 16.7 Large Scale Structure
20-Apr 17.1 Cosmology
22-Apr 17.2 Evolution of the Universe
27-Apr 17.3 - 17.5 The Big Bang
29-Apr Essay 3 Life in the Universe