Reading Assignments

1. An overview of the Universe
   Chapter 1, pp 1- 13
   
   
2. The sky and time
   Chapter 6, pp 95-111
   Chapter 7, pp 117-123
   
   
3. Light and Telescopes
   Chapter 4, pp 51-69
   
   
4. Observatories
   Chapter 5, pp 71-82
   
   
5. Structure of the Solar System
   Chapter 7, pp 112-127
   Chapter 3, pp 33-49
   
   
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6. Terrestrial planets
   Earth- Chapter 8, pp 134-153
   Moon- Chapter 9, pp 154-173
   Mercury- Chapter 10, pp 174-189
   Venus- Chapter 11, pp 190-205
   Mars- Chapter 12, pp 206-227
   
   
7. Jovian planets
   Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,
   Galilean satellites, Titan, Rings, Triton-
   Chapters 13-16, pp 228-301
   
   
8. Minor Constituents
   Pluto, Comets, Meteorites and Asteroids-
   Chapters 17, pp 302-313; Chapters 19-20, pp 331-375
   
   
9. Origin of the Solar System
   Chapter 7, pp 127-133
   
   
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10. Our Sun
    Chapter 22, pp 396-411;
    Chapter 23, pp 412-417;
    Chapter 27, pp 509-514;
    
    
11. Light: Part 2 and Stellar Atmospheres
    Chapter 4, pp 61-64;
    Chapter 24, pp 435-455
    
    
12. The Stars
    Stellar Properties
       Chapter 25, pp. 457-475;
       Chapter 26, pp. 477-482
    Stellar Evolution: Birth through Maturity
       Chapter 27, pp. 503-521
    Stellar Evolution: Stars like the Sun
       Chapter 28, pp. 523-539:
    Stellar Evolution: Massive Stars
       Chapter 29, pp. 541-553;
       Chapter 30, pp. 569-576;
       Chapter 31, pp. 589-608
    
    
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13. Galaxies
    Our Milky Way Galaxy
       Chapter 32, pp. 615-639
       Chapter 26, pp. 485-489 - Cepheids
       Chapter 33, pp. 658-659 - dark matter
    The Galactic Zoo
       Chapter 34, pp. 673-691
    Hubble's Law - expansion of the Universe
       Chapter 35, pp. 703-729
    Quasars = QSOs
       Chapter 36, pp. 731-759
    
    
14. Cosmology
    The Origin and Evolution of the Universe
       Chapter 37, pp. 761-785
       Chapter 38, pp. 787-815
    
    
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