Astronomy 130: Introductory Astronomy II
Sections 3 and 4, Spring 2022
Lecture: Tuesday and Thursday
Location: RITA,
room 387
Time: TR 3:05 pm - 4:20 pm
Instructor: Dr. George
Chartas
Office: RITA 307
Office
hours: TWR 4:30 pm - 5:30 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 9/e). Please let me know if you have a conflict with any of the
test and final exam dates.
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11 Jan |
Ch. 5 Light and Matter |
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13 Jan |
Ch. 5 Light and Matter |
AstroNews Dates: astronews_dates.pdf |
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18 Jan |
Ch. 5 Light and Matter |
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20 Jan |
Ch. 5 Light and Matter |
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25 Jan |
Ch. 6 Telescopes |
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27 Jan |
Ch. 6 Telescopes |
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1 Feb |
Ch. 15 Surveying the Stars |
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3 Feb |
TEST 1, chapter 5, 6 |
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8 Feb |
Ch. 15 Surveying the Stars |
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10 Feb |
Ch. 16 Star Birth |
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15 Feb |
Ch. 16 Star Birth |
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17 Feb |
Ch. 17 Star Stuff |
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22 Feb |
Ch. 17 Star Stuff |
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24 Feb |
Ch. 18 The Bizarre Stellar
Graveyard |
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1 Mar |
TEST 2, chapters 15, 16, 17 |
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3 Mar |
Ch. 18 The Bizarre Stellar
Graveyard |
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8 Mar |
Spring Break, No Classes |
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10 Mar |
Spring Break, No Classes |
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15 Mar |
Ch. 19 Our Galaxy |
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17 Mar |
Ch. 19 Our Galaxy |
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22 Mar |
Ch. 20 Galaxies |
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24 Mar |
TEST 3, chapters 18, 19 |
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29 Mar |
Ch. 20 Galaxies |
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31 Mar |
Ch. 21 Galaxy Evolution |
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5 April |
Ch. 21 Galaxy Evolution |
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7 April |
Ch. 22 The Birth of the
Universe |
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12 April |
Ch. 23 The Birth of the
Universe |
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14 April |
Ch. 23 Dark Matter and Dark
Energy |
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19 April |
Ch. 24 Life in the Universe |
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21 April |
Review |
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26 April |
READING DAY |
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30 April |
FINAL EXAM: ROOM RITA
387 (3:30pm – 5:30pm) |
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