Chapter 1
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-scales and sizes in the Universe
-angles, parallax and the parsec (pp 438-439)
-seeing (pp 118-119)
-celestial coordinates
-the earth's size and motions: rotation, revolution, precession
-the moon: phases, rotation (p 202), eclipses, tides (pp 187-190)
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Chapter 2
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-planetary motions and configurations (Fig. 9.2)
-sidereal vs synodic periods
-Kepler's laws and the size of the solar system
-Newton's laws, gravity, falling objects, orbits
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Chapter 3
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-waves, the EM spectrum, atmospheric windows, photons (pp 92-94)
-blackbody radiation laws, the Doppler effect
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Chapter 4
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-spectral lines, the Bohr model and energy levels
-molecular spectra, line widths
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Chapter 5
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-telescopes: refracting, reflecting, main properties
-detectors. Telescopes for radio and other wavelengths
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Chapter 6
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-brief summary of the solar system
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Chapter 15
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-other planetary systems?
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Chapter 17
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-properties and motions of stars: luminosities, the magnitude system,
temperature
and spectral classes, radii
-the H-R diagram, spectroscopic parallax
-masses of stars (binaries), the mass-luminosity relation
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Chapter 16
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-the sun: nuclear fusion and solar neutrinos
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Chapter 18
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-interstellar gas and dust, 21 cm radiation
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Chapter 19
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-star formation
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Chapter 20
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-evolution of low- and high-mass stars, white dwarfs
-evolution of binary systems
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Chapter 21
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-death of high-mass stars: supernovae, the Crab Nebula
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Chapter 22
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-neutron stars (pulsars) and black holes
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Chapter 23
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-the Milky Way galaxy: size, shape, stellar populations, spiral arms
-mass of our galaxy, dark matter
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Chapter 24
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-normal galaxies - types, masses
-Hubble's law, large-scale distribution of galaxies
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Chapter 26
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-cosmology, age of the Universe and its fate, the cosmic
microwave background
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Chapter 27
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-the early Universe, inflation
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Chapter 25
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-active galaxies and quasars
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