Astr 3103: Intermediate Astronomy I

  • Syllabus



    		• Chapter 1. The Celestial Sphere

  • The Celestial Sphere
    • Chapter 2. Celestial Mechanics
  • Kepler's Laws
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    		Chapter 3. Continuous Spectrum of Light
  • Parallax
  • The Magnitude Scale
  • The Wave Nature of Light
  • Blackbody Radiation
  • The Quantization of Energy
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    Chapter 5. The Interaction of Light and Matter
  • The Bohr Model
  • Wave-Particle Duality
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    		Chapter 6. Telescopes
  • Spherical Aberration and Coma
  • Different Kinds of Telescopes
  • Hubble Space Telescope
  • Resolution of Telescopes
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    Chapter 7. Binary Stars and Stellar Parameters
  • Eclipsing Binaries
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    		Chapter 8. Classification of Stellar Spectra
  • HR Diagrams
    Chapter 9. Stellar Atmospheres
    Chapter 10. Stellar Interiors

    		• Advanced Topic I. Solar and Extrasolar Planets
  • Solar Planets
  • Extrasolar Planet Searches
  • Extrasolar Visions
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    		Advanced Topic II. Cosmology
  • Cosmology 101
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    Hubble Gallery