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| ASTR 1 - Astronomy |
Welcome to the home page for David Carico's Astronomy 1 class!
{ As you can see, this page is still under construction. Although not complete, it does contain
some useful material. }
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| (Photo courtesy of NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute) |
Fall 2009 Star Party! |
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Tonight's Star Party is postponed due to the storm. Tomorrow's alternate date is also cancelled. Tentative new alternate date: Friday, Dec. 4 Enjoy this Wonder Winter Weather!
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COURSE MATERIALS |
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| Course handouts | Assignment sheets |
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| First class handout | Chapter |
Topic |
Due date |
| Latest Syllabus | 2 |
The night sky | Sept 3 |
| Symposium instructions | 3 |
What is matter? | Sept 10 |
| Star Party information | 3 |
What is light? | Sept 17 |
3 |
Some tools of astronomy | Sept 24 | |
3 |
Telescopes | Sept 24 | |
4 |
Cosmology I | Sept 17 | |
5 |
Galaxies I | Sept 24 | |
6 |
Stars | Oct 1 | |
7 |
Black holes | Oct 8 | |
8 |
The Sun & the formation of the solar system | Oct 15 | |
9 |
Terrestrial planets | Oct 22 | |
10 |
The jovian planets | Oct 22 | |
11 |
Other solar system objects | Oct 29 | |
12 |
Galaxies today | Nov 5 | |
13 |
Life in the Universe | Nov 19 | |
14 |
Cosmology II | Nov 26 | |
| Exam review sheets | Other assignments |
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| Exam 1 review | Observing log | ||
| Exam 2 review | |||
| Exam 3 review | |||
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