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Astronomy Calendar
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| DATE | TOPIC | ||||||
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| Monday, Feb. 9 | Introduction | ||||||
| Wednesday, Feb.11 | MOG exercise | Chapter 1 | |||||
| Friday, Feb.13 | Sky Coordinates | 2-3, 2-4 | |||||
| Monday, Feb. 16 | Sky Coordinates | ||||||
| Wednesday, Feb. 18 | Seasons, precession | 2-5 through 2-8 | |||||
| Friday, Feb. 20 | Moon phases, eclipses | Chapter 3 | |||||
| Monday, Feb. 23 | Aristotle, Copernicus | 4-1, 4-2 | |||||
| Wednesday, Feb. 25 | Tycho, Kepler, Galileo | 4-3, 4-4, 4-5 | |||||
| Friday, Feb. 27 | Newton | 4-6, 4-7, 4-8 | |||||
| Monday, Mar. 1 | First Exam | ||||||
| Wednesday, Mar. 3 | Blue Sky, Sunset Phenomena | ||||||
| Friday, Mar. 5 | Internet introduction to the planets | ||||||
| Monday, Mar. 8 | Formation of the solar system | Chapter 7 | |||||
| Wednesday, Mar. 10 | Mars | Chapter 12 | |||||
| Friday, Mar. 12 | Comets, Asteroids | Chapter 17 | |||||
| Monday, Mar. 15 | Blackbody radiation | 5-1 through 5-5 | |||||
| Wednesday, Mar. 17 | Infrared astronomy | 6-7, 30-6 | |||||
| Friday, Mar. 19 | Spectra | 5-6 through 5-9 | |||||
| March 20-March 28 | Spring Break | ||||||
| Monday, Mar. 29 | Spectra | ||||||
| Wednesday, Mar. 31 | Stars--distances, brightness | 19-1, 19-2 | |||||
| Friday, Apr. 2 | Stars--temperature, size | 19-7 through 19-11 | |||||
| Monday, Apr. 5 | HR Diagram | 19-7 through 19-11 | |||||
| Wednesday, Apr. 7 | Second Exam | ||||||
| Friday, Apr. 9 | Easter Break | ||||||
| Monday, Apr. 12 | Easter Break | ||||||
| Wednesday, Apr. 14 | Energy production in stars | 18-1 through 18-5 | |||||
| Friday, Apr. 16 | Stellar Evolution I | Chapter 20, 21 | |||||
| Monday, Apr. 19 | Stellar Evolution II | Chapter 22 | |||||
| Wednesday, Apr. 21 | Special Relativity | ||||||
| Friday, Apr. 23 | Special Relativity | ||||||
| Monday, Apr. 26 | General Releativity | ||||||
| Wednesday, Apr. 28 | Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Black Holes | Chapter 23, 24 | |||||
| Friday, Apr. 30 | Unscheduled | ||||||
| Monday, May 3 | Third Exam | ||||||
| Wednesday, May 5 | Missing Mass Problem | 25-4, 26-8 | |||||
| Friday, May 7 | Hubble Expansion | 28-1, 28-2 | |||||
| Monday, May 10 | Big Bang | 28-3 through 28-9 | |||||
| Wednesday, May 12 | Cosmology Part I | Chapter 29 | |||||
| Friday, May 14 | Recent Advances in Cosmology | ||||||
| Monday, May 17 | Unscheduled | ||||||
| Friday, May 21 | Final Exam 9-11 a.m. | ||||||