Contact Information:

Intructor: Dr. Kim Coble
Office: HWH 334
Phone: 773-995-2085
My personal web page
Email:

Links:

Below are some general astronomy sites you might find interesting and helpful.

Hubble Site
Google Sky
Astronomy Cast Podcasts
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Bad Astronomy
Astronomy Notes (by Nick Strobel)
The Nine Planets
NASA Origins
Imagine the Universe
NASA Space Science
Cosmic Evolution
Adler Planetarium
The Global Telescope Network
See my astronomy and cosmology links page for specific topics and other links.

Homework:

Much of the homework will be done on the web at MasteringAstronomy.

Class Notes:

I will be posting lecture notes here at least 24 hours before each lecture. You should print the lecture notes and bring them with you to class. Some of the files are rather large (due to pictures) and may take a while to download. This site is not meant to be a comprehensive website for the course. Please see me for homework, labs, class exercises, announcements, and other handouts.

Class	Notes	Topic	Class Activities	Assignments Due	Readings
Class 1: T Jan 20, 2009	Lecture 1 Notes	Introduction: expectations for course	Go over handouts	none	Cosmic Perspective Chapter 1
Class 2: R Jan 22, 2009	Lecture 2 Notes	Brief tour of the universe	Cosmic Survey	none	Cosmic Perspective Chapter 1
Class 3: T Jan 27, 2009	Lecture 3 Notes	Scale of the universe	In-class 1 (Size and Distance) Looking at Distant Objects	none	Cosmic Perspective Chapter 1
Class 4: R Jan 29, 2009	Lecture 4 Notes	Scale of the universe	Lab 1: Scales of the Universe	HW 1	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 1
Class 5: T Feb 3, 2009	Lecture 5 Notes	Process of science, history of astronomy	none	Lab 1	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 3
Class 6: R Feb 5, 2009	Lecture 6 Notes	Looking at the sky	Lab 2: Length of Day	HW 2	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 2
Class 7: T Feb 10, 2009	Lecture 7 Notes	Looking at the sky	Demo with globes and light	Lab 2	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 2
Class 8: R Feb 12, 2009	Lecture 8 Notes	Moon Phases	Lab 3: Phases of the Moon	HW 3	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 2
Class 9: T Feb 17, 2009	Lecture 9 Notes	Motion and Gravity	Newton's Laws Orbital Period and Orbital Distance	Lab 3	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 4
Class 10: R Feb 19, 2009	Lecture 10 Notes	Energy	Lab 4: Conservation of Energy	HW 4	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 4
Class 11: T Feb 24, 2009	Review 1 Notes Lecture 11 Notes	Review for Exam 1, Light	Types of Spectra	Lab 4	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 5
Class 12: R Feb 26, 2009	Lecture 12 Notes	Light and telescopes	Telescopes and Earth's Atmosphere	none	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 6
Class 13: T Mar 3, 2009	Lecture 13 Notes	Exam 1, Light and telescopes	Exam 1 Lab 5: Cookie-Cutter Photometry	none	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 6
Class 14: R Mar 5, 2009	Lecture 14 Notes	Solar System, exploration, formation	In-class 2 (Comparing Planets) Temperature and Formation of Our Solar System	HW 5	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 7,8, (9,11,12 skim)
Class 15: T Mar 10, 2009	Lecture 15 Notes	Global warming, planets around other stars	Lab 6: Skygazer and the Solar System	Lab 5	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 10, 13
Class 16: R Mar 12, 2009	Lecture 16 Notes	The Sun, lifetimes of stars	Star Lifetimes	HW 6	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 14
Class 17: T Mar 24, 2009	Lecture 17 Notes	Stars: properties and classification	HR Diagram warm-up Lab 7: HR Diagram	Lab 6	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 15.1-15.2
Class 18: R Mar 26, 2009	Lecture 18 Notes	Stellar Evolution	Star Formation Stellar Evolution In-class 3 (stellar evolution)	Project Abstract HW 7	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 16, 17,18.1-18.3
Class 19: T Mar 31, 2009	Review 2 Notes Lecture 19 Notes	Review for Exam 2, our Galaxy	Milky Way Scales	Lab 7	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 19
Class 20: R Apr 2, 2009	Lecture 20 Notes	Exam 2, Other galaxies	Galaxy Classification	none	Cosmic Perspective, 20.1,21
Class 21: T Apr 7, 2009	Lecture 21 Notes	Dark Matter	Lab 8: Mass of Sprial Galaxies	Project Proposal	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 22.2
Class 22: R Apr 9, 2009	Lecture 22 Notes	Measuring distances	Lab 9: Measuring Cosmic Distances	HW 8	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 15.1
Class 23: T Apr 14, 2009	Lecture 23 Notes	Measuring distances	Lab 9: Measuring Cosmic Distances	Lab 8	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 20.2
Class 24: R Apr 16, 2009	Lecture 24 Notes	Expansion of the Universe	Expansion of the Universe	Project Reviews	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 20.3
Class 25: T Apr 21, 2009	Lecture 25 Notes	Proposal Review Panel	Proposal Review Panel	Lab 9	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 20.3
Class 26: R Apr 23, 2009	Lecture 26 Notes	Expansion of the Universe	Lab 10: Hubble Law	HW 9	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter S3
Class 27: T Apr 28, 2009	Lecture 27 Notes	History of the Universe	Timeline	Lab 10	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 23, 22.3, Special Reading on Big Bang
Class 28: R Apr 30, 2009	Lecture 28 Notes Review 3 Notes	Fate of the Universe, Review for Exam 3	none	HW 10	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 22.1, 22.4
Class 29: T May 5, 2009	Lecture 29 Notes	Exam 3, Life in the Universe	Exam 3 In-class 4 (Life in the Universe)	none	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 24
Class 30: R May 7, 2009	Lecture 30 Notes	Life in the Universe	Finish In-class 4 (Life in the Universe)	none	Cosmic Perspective, Chapter 24
Class 31: T May 12, 2009	Final Review Notes	Present Projects, Review for Final	Project Presentations Review for Final	Project Presentations and Summaries due	Cosmic Perspective, All Chapters
T May 19, 2009	Final Review Notes	FINAL EXAM	FINAL EXAM: 11 am - 1 pm	none	Cosmic Perspective, All Chapters

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