AST 101: Introduction to Astrophysics

Announcements

Updated 30 April 2007

A review session will be held on Monday May 7 from 10:00 AM to noon in ESS 001. Please bring questions.

The final exam will be Wednesday May 9 at 8:00 AM in ESS 001. See this web page for details.

Departmental Announcements

The Department offers public open nights, with a popular lecture on an astronomical topic followed by observing with the 14" telescope (weather permitting), at 7:30 PM on the first Fridays of the month (when classes are in session). The remaining open nights for this semester is
- May 4, 2007 Prof. Michael Zingale: Do You Really Know Your Own Sun?
More details are available at the Open Night web page.
Also of interest, in the Worlds of Physics:
May 11, 2007 Prof. Thomas Hemmick: The Birth of the Universe: Not with a Bang, but with a Splash
Science Announcements
- 4/25: Our best view yet of a flare on the Sun as seen with the Hinode spacecraft. Details are at SpaceDaily.com
- 2/19: A New Star! Nova Sco 2007 (a.k.a. V1280 Sco) reaches third magnitude.
  
  Nova Sco 2007 on Feb 6 2007, at about 9^th magnitude,
  images with the SMARTS 1.3m ANDICAM imager (I band).
- Comet McNaught, Jan 18 2007, from Cerro Tololo, Chile
  Comet McNaught, Jan 19 2007, from Siding Springs, Australia