Astronomy 130: Introductory Astronomy II

Sections 5 and 6, Spring 2019

Lecture: Tuesday and Thursday

Location: RITA, room 387

Time: TR 9:25 am-10:40 pm

Instructor: Dr. George Chartas

Office: RITA 307

Office hours: MTW 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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 8/e). Please let me know if you have a conflict with any of the test and final exam dates.

DATE	CHAPTER	ASSIGNMENTS	Lecture
8 Jan	Ch. 5 Light and Matter	AstroNews_Dates	ch5.pdf
10 Jan	Ch. 5 Light and Matter
15 Jan	Ch. 5 Light and Matter	hw_ch5a.pdf
17 Jan	Ch. 6 Telescopes	hw_ch5b.pdf	ch6.pdf
22 Jan	Ch. 6 Telescopes	hw_ch6.pdf
24 Jan	Ch. 15 Surveying the Stars		ch15.pdf
29 Jan	Ch. 15 Surveying the Stars
31 Jan	Ch. 15 Surveying the Stars
5 Feb	Ch. 16 Star Birth		ch16.pdf
7 Feb	Ch. 16 Star Birth
12 Feb	Ch. 17 Star Stuff		ch17.pdf
14 Feb	TEST 1, chapter 5, 6, 15
19 Feb	Ch. 17 Star Stuff
21 Feb	Ch. 18 The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard		ch18.pdf
26 Feb	Ch. 18 The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard
28 Feb	Ch. 19 Our Galaxy		ch19.pdf
5 Mar	Ch. 19 Our Galaxy
7 Mar	Ch. 19 Our Galaxy
12 Mar	Ch. 20 Galaxies		ch20.pdf
14 Mar	Ch. 20 Galaxies
19 Mar	Spring Break, No Classes
21 Mar	Spring Break, No Classes
26 Mar	Ch. 21 Galaxy Evolution
28 Mar	Ch. 21 Galaxy Evolution		ch21.pdf
2 April	TEST 2, chapters 16, 17, 18, 19
4 April	Ch. 22 The Birth of the Universe		ch22.pdf
9 April	Ch. 22 The Birth of the Universe
11 April	Ch. 23 Dark Matter and Dark Energy		ch23.pdf
16 April	Ch. 23 Dark Matter and Dark Energy
18 April	Ch. 24 Life In The Universe/ review
23 April
24 April	READING DAY
25 April	FINAL EXAM ( 8:00am – 11:00am, room RITA 387)