Astronomy Calendar
DATE TOPIC
READING
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.