PHY161/AST161: INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY
COURSE SYLLABUS
ANNOUNCEMENTS &
ASSIGNMENTS
READINGS
LAB INFO
MISSED LAB FORM
OBSERVING FORM
AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY, an online textbook by R. J. Pfeiffer
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3, SSII
CHAPTER 4
TIME
Lunar Motions & Eclipses
CHAPTER 5 Plnt Props
CHAPTER 6, Evol. of SS
CHAPTER 7, Stars
CHAPTER 8, EMR&Spect.
CHAPTER 9, SpCl & H-R Diagram
CHAPTER 10, Stellar Evol.
CHAPTER 11, Gen. Rel. & BH
CHAPTER 12, Galaxies
CHAPTER 13, Cosmology
CHAPTER 14, Fireball Chronology
Quasars
Stars & Cosmology Review
LAB EXERCISES
Ex. 1.0
Ex. 1.0 Answer Page
Ex. 2.0 Ans. Page
Ex. 2.0 Ans. Chart
Ex. 5.0 Ans. page 1
Ex. 5.0 Ans. page 2
Ex. 5.2 Ans. page
Ex. 6.0 Lat. 40 Chart
Ex. 6.0 Lat. 65 Chart
Ex. 7.0 Ans. page
Ex. 7.2
Ex. 13.0 Ans. page
Ex. 13.2.pd
Ex. 14.0 Ans. Page
Ex. 15.0 Ans. Page
Ex. 15.1 Ans. Page
Ex16-5.doc
Ex. 17-0 Ans.
Ex. 17.1Ans.pdf
Ex. 18-0 Ans. Pages
Ex. 18-5 Lit. Crv. Anal.
Ex. 18-5 Answer Page
Ex. 18-7 Answer Page
Ex. 18-7 H-R Diagram
Virt. Ast. Ex. 21 Answer Page
Virtual Ast. Ex. 27 Answer Page
Ex20 AnsPage.pdf
LAB DATA
Ex. 18.5 Spectral Images
EXCEL TUTOR 18.5
EXCEL TUTOR for Ex. 20.0
TEST REVIEWS
TEST Answers