AST 101: Introduction to Astronomy
Lecture Synopses and other Materials
Spring 2007
Updated 7 March 2007
Lecture 1. 1/22
Introduction: Your Universe
Lecture 2. 1/24
You are here
and
Scales of the Universe.
A different view of "Powers of Ten"
Supplementary material:
Introduction to Scientific Notation
Basic Astronomical Measurements, Trigonometry, and Uncertainties
Units of Measurement
Lecture 3. 1/29
What Science Is
All About the Times of Your Lives
Astronomical Coordinate Systems
Lecture 4. 1/31
The Analemma
Constellations
Names of the Stars
Lecture 5. 2/5
History of Astronomy
Quantitative Greek Astronomy
Prof. Evan's pdf presentation
Lecture 6. 2/7
Overview
Kepler's Empirical Laws of Motion
Lecture 7. 2/12
Newton's Laws of Motion and Gravitation
Lecture 8. 2/14
Astronomy in the 17
th
and 18
th
Centuries
Transits of Mercury and Venus
Lecture 9. 2/19
Light
Lecture 10. 2/21
Telescopes
Lecture 11. 2/26
The Sun
Lecture 12. 2/28
The Stars
Lecture 13. 3/05
The Birth of the Stars
Lecture 14. 3/07
The Lives of Low Mass Stars
Solar Evolution: the movie
Lecture 15. 3/12
The Lives of High Mass Stars
Lecture 16. 3/14
Lives of Binary Stars
,
Cosmic Recycling
and
Nucleosynthesis
Interlude. 3/16
A Day at the Office, A Night at the Telescope
Lecture 17. 3/19
Is Pluto a Planet?
Lecture 18. 3/21
Meteorites
Comets
Extrasolar Planets
Lecture 19. 3/26
Barsoom
Lecture 20. 3/28
Kang, Klingons, and Klaatu
Lecture 21. 4/9
The Discovery of the Galaxy
Lecture 22. 4/11
The Ecology of the Galaxy
Lecture 23. 4/16
Galaxies
Lecture 24. 4/18
Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Lecture 25. 4/23
Why is the Night Sky Dark?
Lecture 26. 4/25
In the Beginning...
Lecture 27. 4/30
The Dark Side
Lecture 28. 5/2
The Biggest Explosions since the Big Bang
The End of the Universe
Lecture 29. 5/4
Recurring Themes in Astronomy
Summary
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