Astro Syllabus 2006/2007

The Night Sky

Week 1            Sept. 11 - Sept. 15   

     Read Chapter 1, 2        VL 1 (1,2,3,4)                                      

Week 2            Sept. 18 - Sept. 22     

     Read Ch. 3

     Talk at CfA on Pluto, Sept. 21

Week 3            Sept. 25 - Sept. 29       no class Monday  

     Read Ch. 4       

Week 4            Oct. 3 - Oct. 6             no class Monday  

     Read Ch. 5       

Week 5            Oct. 9 - Oct. 13                

     Read Ch. 6                              

Week 6            Oct. 16 - Oct. 20

     Talk at CfA on Astrophotography, Oct. 19

Stars and Stellar Evolution                                            

Week 7            Oct. 24 - Oct. 27         no class Monday    

     Read Ch. 7, 8             VL 2 (1,2,4), VL 3 (1,2,3,5,6)

Week 8            Oct. 30 - Nov. 3

     Read Ch. 9, 10           VL 11 (1,2,3 Hyades only), VL 12 (1,2)                            

Week 9            Nov. 6 - Nov. 10             

     Read Ch. 11, 12                               

Week 10          Nov. 13 - Nov. 17           

     Read Ch. 13, 14          VL 13 (1,3), VL 15 (1,2,4,5)            

     Talk at CfA on Life in the Universe, Nov. 16

Week 11          Nov. 20 - Nov. 21       no class Wed., Thurs. or Fri.

Thanksgiving Break

Galaxies and Cosmology

Week 12          Nov. 28 - Dec. 1          no class Monday 

     Read Ch. 15, 16         VL 17 (1,2), VL19 (1,2,3)

Week 13          Dec. 4 - Dec. 8                        

     Read Ch. 16, 17         VL 20 (all)                  

Week 14          Dec. 11 - Dec. 14        no class Friday

Winter Break

Planets and the Solar System

Week 15          Jan. 3 - Jan 5                no class Mon. or Tues.

     Read Ch. 19, 20, 21, 22

Week 16          Jan. 8 - Jan. 12               

     Read Ch. 23, 24, 25                   VL 8 (1,4,5)              

Week 17          Jan. 16 - Jan. 19           no class Monday          reading week

Week 18          Jan. 22 - Jan.  26                                              exams

Week 19          Jan. 30 - Feb. 2            no class Monday, return exams Tues.