Astronomy 312: Galactic & Extragalactic Astronomy
Sections 1, Spring 2012
Lecture: Tuesday and Thursday
Location: Rita
Hollings Science Center, room 126
Time: TR 10:50 am - 12:05 pm
Instructor: Dr. George
Chartas
Office: 129 RHSC
Office
hours: TR 2:00-3:00 pm
Phone: (843)
953-3609
Email:
chartasg@cofc.edu
Schedule
We will
cover chapters 24-30 of the book An Introduction
to Modern Astrophysics, B. W. Carroll & D. A. Ostlie (2nd Ed.)
Please
let me know if you have a conflict with any of the test and final exam dates.
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10 Jan |
Ch. 24: The Milky Way Galaxy |
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12 Jan |
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17 Jan |
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Quiz 1 |
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19 Jan |
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24 Jan |
Ch. 25: The Nature of Galaxies |
Quiz 2 |
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26 Jan |
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31 Jan |
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Quiz 3 |
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2 Feb |
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7 Feb |
Test 1 Chapters 24 and 25 |
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9 Feb |
Ch. 26: Galactic Evolution |
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14 Feb |
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16 Feb |
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21 Feb |
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23 Feb |
Ch. 27: The Structure of the
Universe |
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28 Feb |
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1 Mar |
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6 Mar |
Spring Break |
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8 Mar |
Spring Break |
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13 Mar |
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15 Mar |
Test 2 Chapters 26 and 27 |
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20 Mar |
Ch. 28: Active Galaxies |
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22 Mar |
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27 Mar |
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29 Mar |
Ch. 29: Cosmology |
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3 Apr |
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5 Apr |
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10 Apr |
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12 Apr |
Ch. 30: The Early Universe |
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17 Apr |
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19 Apr |
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26 Apr |
Final Exam
8:00am-11:00am, RHSC rm 126 |
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