Course Number 792050: Astronomy
This page is for information regarding the Fall 1997 semester.
It will be in progress throughout the term.
If you'd like to see the complete course as I did it last year, see the
Fall 1996 version.
Question: What's the difference between Astronomy and Astrology?
Answer...
Class meets twice a week, on Monday and Wednesday from 10-11:50am in Troy 2012,
one of the brand new studio classrooms.
The required textbook is
Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4th Edition,
by M.Zeilik and S.Gregory. (This is the new edition of the book used
last year.)
I also suggest that you buy a copy of
Astronomy: The Evolving Universe, by M.Zeilik.
This is a non-mathematical text which might help you understand the
key points. It also has lots of pretty color pictures.
Jim Napolitano
Last modified: Wed Aug 20 13:13:39 EDT 1997