INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY PROPOSED WEEKLY SCHEDULE
(FALL,2007)
Text: ASTRONOMY: A SELF-TEACHING GUIDE, SIXTH EDITION
(2004)
Author: Dinah L. Moché
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, paperback: ISBN
0-471-26518-7
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WEEK
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DATE
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TOPICS
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MOCHÉ (Chapter .Section)
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1
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SEP 14
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Introduction, cosmic view,
constellations, asterisms,
circumpolar constellations,star names,earthly and
celestial coordinates,
annual motions, ecliptic,seasons,precession, solstice,
equinox
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Introduction
1
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2
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SEP 21
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Light, EM-Spectrum, frequency,
wavelength,
telescopes, distances to
stars,
spectra of stars
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2
3.1-3.11
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3
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SEP 28
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Luminosity, absolute and
apparent magnitude, H-R Diagram,
Sun, sunspots, sun structure,
solar wind
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3.12-3.21
4
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4
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OCT 5
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Evolution, birth, and death of
stars; Neutron stars,
Pulsars,Black Holes.
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5
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5
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OCT 12
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Galaxies of Stars
Quasars,gravitational
lenses.
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6.1-6.16
6.17-6.20
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6
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OCT 19
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Solar system, origin of solar
system,
planet types, asteroids
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8
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7
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OCT 26
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Inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Outer Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,Neptune,
Pluto, Comets, and other Solar System objects;
Moon, Phases of Moon, eclipses and tides
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9
10
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8
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NOV 2
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Meteors, K-T
impactor
Universe,redshift, Big-Bang, inflation, size and age of
universe
What we don't know about the
universe.
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11
7
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