AST 301

Lectures

Homework

Reading

Review Sheets

Study Guides

Handouts

Grading

Reading & Exam Schedule

Syllabus

Courses

 

Introductory Concepts - pdf

 

Orbits & Light - pdf

 

Spectroscopy - pdf

 

Telescopes - pdf

 

Solar System - pdf

 

Planetary System Formation - pdf

 

MATERIALS FOR EXAM 4

 

The Sun (Ch. 16)

Notes - pdf

Slides - pdf

 

Properties of Stars (Ch. 17)

Notes - pdf

Slides - pdf

 

Interstellar Medium (Ch. 18)

Notes - pdf

Slides - pdf

 

MATERIALS FOR EXAM 5

 

Star Formation (Ch. 19)

Notes - pdf

Slides - pdf

 

Stellar Evolution (Ch. 20)

Notes - pdf

Slides, pt I - pdf

Slides, pt II - pdf

 

Stellar Explosions (Ch. 21)

Notes - pdf

Slides - pdf

 

Neutron Stars, Gamma-ray Bursts & Black Holes (Ch. 22)

Notes - pdf

Slides - pdf

 

MATERIALS FOR EXAM 6

 

Milky Way (Ch. 23)

Notes - pdf

Slides - pdf

 

Galaxies (Ch. 24)

Notes - pdf

Slides - pdf

 

Galaxies and Dark Matter (Ch. 25)

Notes - pdf

Slides - pdf

 

MATERIALS FOR EXAM 7

 

Cosmology and the Early Universe (Ch. 26 & 27)

Notes - pdf

 

Cosmology (Ch. 26)

Slides - pdf

 

The Early Universe (Ch. 27)

Slides - pdf