ASTR-1510-02

Quasars & Cosmology – Two-Credit Section

Tentative Schedule - Fall, 2006

 

Week**

Day

Date

Topic*

1

Mon

8/28

The Universe Before 1920

2

Mon

9/4

NO CLASS (Labor Day)

3

Mon

9/11

The Milky Way Galaxy (1.1-7)

4

Mon

9/18

Normal Galaxies (2.1-3)

5

Mon

9/25

Extragalactic Distances (2.4-6)

6

Mon

10/2

Active Galaxies (3.1-7)

7

Tue

10/10

Groups of Galaxies (4.1-3)

8

Mon

10/16

Large-Scale Structure of Universe (4.4-7)

9

Mon

10/23

Introduction to Cosmology (5.1-5.3.3)

10

Mon

10/30

Models of the Universe (5.3.4-5.5)

11

Mon

11/6

The Early Universe (6.1-3)

12

Mon

11/13

The Early Universe (6.4-7)

13

Mon

11/20

Which Universe is Ours? (7.1-4)

14

Mon

11/27

Cosmic Background Radiation (7.5-6)

15

Mon

12/4

Outstanding Problems (8.1-7)

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*Numbers in parentheses are assigned sections in Jones & Lambourne. The reading is required.

**We also meet on Thursday at 3:00 each week.

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