Course Materials and Schedule
| Lecture Date |
Chapter # |
Topics |
Lecture Notes |
Miniquizzes |
Homework Assignment due |
| 01/09 |
Introduction |
Subject of Astronomy, Units, Scales, Scientific Method, Celestial Sphere, Earth's Orbital Motion |
Introduction |
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| 01/11 |
Introduction (cont.), Chapter 1 |
Earth's and Lunar Orbital Motion, Eclipses; History of Astronomy: Geo and Heliocentric Universe, Ptolemy, Copernicus |
History I |
Quiz 1 |
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| 01/16 |
Chapter 1 (cont.) |
Planetarium Show; History of Astronomy (cont.): Galilei, Brahe, Kepler, Newton |
History II |
- |
HW1 |
| 01/18 |
Chapter 1 (cont.), Chapter 2 |
Gravity, Newton's Laws; Light, Energy and Matter |
Light and Matter I |
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| 01/23 |
Chapter 2 (cont.) |
Light, Energy, and Matter (cont.) |
Light and Matter II |
- |
HW2 |
| 01/25 |
Chapter 2 (cont.), Chapter 3 |
Light, Energy, and Matter (cont.); Telescopes |
Light and Telescopes |
Quiz 2 |
- |
| 01/30 |
Chapter 3 (cont.) |
Telescopes (cont.) |
Telescopes |
- |
HW3 |
| 02/01 |
Chapter 4 |
Solar System: Planets, Comets, Asteroids |
Solar System |
Quiz 3 |
- |
| 02/06 |
Chapter 4 (cont.), Chapter 5 |
Solar System (cont.): Formation of the Solar System; Earth and Moon |
Formation of the Solar System |
- |
HW4 |
| 02/08 |
Chapter 5 |
Earth and Moon (cont.) |
Earth and Moon |
Quiz 4 |
- |
| 02/13 |
- |
Review for Test 1 |
Review for Test 1 |
- |
HW5 |
| 02/15 |
- |
The First Test (Sections 1 - 5) |
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| 02/20 |
Chapter 6 |
The Terrestrial Planets |
Terrestrial Planets |
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| 02/22 |
Chapter 7 |
The Jovian Planets |
Jovian Planets |
Quiz 5 |
- |
| 02/27 |
Chapter 8 |
Moons, Rings and Pluto |
Rings, Moons, and Pluto |
- |
HW6 |
| 03/01 |
Chapter 9 |
The Sun |
The Sun |
Quiz 6 |
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| 03/05 - 03/09 |
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FSU SPRING BREAK |
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| 03/13 |
Chapter 9 (cont.), Chapter 10 |
The Sun; Stars: Bulk properties |
The Sun and the Stars |
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HW7 |
| 03/15 |
Chapter 10 (cont.) |
Stars (cont.) |
The Stars |
Quiz 7 |
- |
| 03/20 |
Chapter 10 (cont.), Chapter 11 |
Interstellar Medium, Origin of Stars |
Interstellar Medium |
- |
HW8 |
| 03/22 |
Chapter 12 |
Stellar Evolution: Lifes and Deaths of Stars |
Stellar Evolution |
Quiz 8 |
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| 03/27 |
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Review for Test 2 |
Review for Test 2 |
- |
HW9 |
| 03/29 |
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The Second Test (Sections 6 - 12) |
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| 04/03 |
Chapter 13 |
"Afterlife" of Stars: Neutron Stars and Black Holes |
Neutron Stars |
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HW10 |
| 04/05 |
Chapter 13 (cont.), Chater 14 |
Black Holes; The Milky Way Galaxy |
Black Holes and the Milky Way Galaxy |
Quiz 9 |
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| 04/10 |
Chapter 14 (cont.), Chapter 15 |
The Milky Way; Normal and Active Galaxies |
Milky Way Galaxy |
- |
HW11 |
| 04/12 |
Chapter 15 (cont.), Chapter 16 |
Active Galaxies and Dark Matter |
Normal and Active Galaxies |
Quiz 10 |
- |
| 04/17 |
Chapter 17 |
Cosmology |
Cosmology |
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HW12 |
| 04/19 |
Chapter 18 |
Life in the Universe, REVIEW for the FINAL |
Final Review |
Quiz 11 |
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| 04/24 |
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FINAL EXAM (12:30 PM - 2:30 PM) |
HCB 101 |
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