Readings

Sources: IN = Instructor’s Notes

Optional readings in books on reserve in the PMA Library:

OC = Ostlie & Carroll, An Introduction to Modern (Stellar) Astrophysics

Bir = Birney, et.al. Observational Astronomy

Ben = Bennett et al., The Cosmic Perspective

Topic

Class Dates

IN

OC

Other

Positional
Astronomy

9/2,4,9

Sec. I

ch. 1.3,3.1

Bir - ch.1,2,4
Ben - ch. 2.1,2.2,S1

Electromagnetic
Radiation

9/9,11,16

Sec. II

ch. 3.3,3.4,3.5

Bir - pp. 82-84, 95-97
Ben - ch. 5

Magnitudes &
Photometry

9/16,18,23

Sec. III

ch. 3.2,3.6

Bir - ch. 5

Atmospheric
Effects

9/25,30

Sec. IV

pp. 244-246

Bir - ch. 7

Telescopes &
Instruments

10/7,9

Sec. V

ch. 6

Bir - ch. 6,8

Spectra, Part 1

10/9,14

Sec. VI

ch. 5

Bir - ch. 12
Ben - ch. 15

HR Diagram

10/16,21

Sec. VII

ch. 8.2

Ben - ch. 15.2, 15.3

Spectra, Part 2

10/21,23,28; 11/4

Sec. VIII

ch. 8.1; 9.5

Bir - ch. 13

Interstellar Matter

11/6,11

Sec. IX

pp. 398-401, 407-411

Ben - ch. 19.2

Motions & Orbits

11/11,13

Sec. X

ch. 2.1, 2.3

Ben - ch. 3.3;
Math Insight 4.3

Binary Stars

11/18,20

Sec. XI

ch. 7

Ben - pp. 494-496

Stellar Evolution

11/20,25; 12/2

Sec. XII

pp. 296-300; 308-315
ch. 13

Ben - ch. 17