Schedule of Topics & Readings (Last update: 17 November 2015)

Dates	Topics	in ch...	...read pages	End-of-chapter Questions
8/27, 9/1	Introduction; Big Picture	ch. 1	2-6; 14-19	2, 3, 20, 30
9/3, 8, 10	Sky Phenomena: Sun, Moon, Eclipses, Planets	ch. 2	25-49 (all)	4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 24, 26, 30
9/8, 10, 15	Celestial Coordinates, Annual Solar Motion	ch. S1	84-86; 90-100	1b, 1d, 7, 8, 13 27, 30
9/15, 17	From Greeks to Kepler	ch. 3	61-70	7, 8, 9, 25, 28, 29
9/17, 22	Newton’s Gravity	ch. 4	111-133 (all)	1, 5, 9, 11, 33, 42
9/24, 29	Properties of Light	ch. 5	138-161 (all)	3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 43
10/1	Exam 1	ch. 1-4, S 1	pages above
10/6	Telescopes, Techniques	ch. 6	166-183	3,4,9,28,31,32
10/8	Overview & Origin of the Solar System	ch. 7, 8	191-206, 215-225	[7] 6,9,10 [8] 4,7,12
10/13, 15	Other Planetary Systems	ch. 13	367-391	5,6,9,28,31,34
10/20	Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets	ch. 10	270-275, 289-302	4,5,19,36,38,40
10/22	Moons and Small Bodies of the Solar System	ch. 11, 12	320-329, 340-361	[11] 10,11 [12] 3,5,8,10
10/27	Exam 2	chs. 5-8, 10-13	specific pages listed above
10/29	The Sun	ch. 14	465-480	1,2,6,10,12,14
11/3, 5	Properties of Stars	ch. 15	487-507 (all)	3,5,6,9,12,17
11/10, 12	Lives of the Stars	ch. 17	524-26 (in ch. 16); 533-47	3,8,11,12,15 (ch. 17)
11/12, 17	Compact Stars (Endpoints)	ch. 18	556-68	2,8,13,25,28
11/17	The Milky Way	ch. 19	579-82; 590-96	1,3,4,5,10
11/19	Galaxies & the Expanding Universe	ch. 20	602-19 (all)	2,8,10,15,32,35