Astronomy 130: Introductory Astronomy II
Sections 1 and 2, Fall 2021
Lecture: Tuesday and Thursday
Location: RITA room
102 and Online
Time: TR 9:25 am
- 10:40 am
Instructor: Dr. George
Chartas
Office: RITA 307
Office
hours: TR 11:00 am - noon (please email to setup online meeting)
Phone: (843)
953-3609
Email:
chartasg@cofc.edu
Schedule
We will cover chapters 5-6 and 15-23 of the book by
Bennett, J., Donahue, M., Schneider, N., and Voit, M., titled The Cosmic
Perspective 9/e). Please let me know if you have a conflict with any of the
test and final exam dates.
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24 Aug |
Ch. 5 Light and Matter |
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26 Aug |
Ch. 5 Light and Matter |
AstroNews Dates:astro_news_dates.pdf |
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31 Aug |
Ch. 5 Light and Matter |
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2 Sep |
Ch. 6 Telescopes |
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7 Sep |
Ch. 6 Telescopes |
Attendance Verification for faculty opens in
MyCharleston via Final Grades. |
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9 Sep |
Ch. 15 Surveying the Stars |
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14 Sep |
Ch. 15 Surveying the Stars |
Attendance Verification for faculty closes at
noon. |
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16 Sep |
TEST 1, chapter 5, 6 |
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21 Sep |
Ch. 16 Star Birth |
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23 Sep |
Ch. 16 Star Birth |
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28 Sep |
Ch. 17 Star Stuff |
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30 Sep |
Ch. 17 Star Stuff |
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5 Oct |
Ch. 17 Star Stuff |
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7 Oct |
Ch. 18 The Bizarre Stellar
Graveyard |
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12 Oct |
Ch. 18 The Bizarre Stellar
Graveyard |
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14 Oct |
TEST 2, chapters 15, 16, 17 |
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19 Oct |
Fall Break. No classes. |
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21 Oct |
Ch. 19 Our Galaxy |
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26 Oct |
Ch. 19 Our Galaxy |
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28 Oct |
Ch. 20 Galaxies |
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2 Nov |
Ch. 20 Galaxies |
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4 Nov |
Ch. 21 Galaxy Evolution |
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9 Nov |
Ch. 21 Galaxy Evolution |
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11 Nov |
Ch. 22 The Birth of the
Universe |
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16 Nov |
TEST 3, chapters 18, 19, 20 |
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18 Nov |
Ch. 22 The Birth of the
Universe |
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23 Nov |
Ch. 23 Dark Matter and Dark Energy |
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25 Nov |
Thanksgiving Holiday. No
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30 Nov |
Ch. 23 Dark Matter and Dark
Energy |
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2 Dec |
Ch. 24 / Review |
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7 Dec |
READING DAY |
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9 Dec |
FINAL EXAM: 8:00 –
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