Exam 1. Chapters 1 (basics), 2 (gravity, orbits,...), 3 (radiation, except we will skip the Doppler effect for exam 2)
Also see Appendices 1 and 2 at the end of the textbook. Chapter 3 is especially important for later chapters.
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In Ch. 1 you will only be tested on sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.7. In Ch. 2 you should read sec. 2.2, 2.3, but really we will
be concentrating only on sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.7. We will cover all of Ch. 3 except the section on the Doppler effect.
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Date: Fri., Sept. 14 (5 lectures including first class day)
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Exam 2. Chapter 3 (only section on Doppler effect), Chapters 4 (spectroscopy) and 5
(telescopes). Chapter 4 is
especially important for later chapters, and usually difficult for students.
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Date: Wed., Sept. 26 (4 lectures)
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Exam 3. Chapters 6 (survey of the solar system), 15 (formation of the solar system), and
16 (the sun).
[This material is available only online at the textbook website, not in your textbook. Note that we are skipping chaps.7-14 covering details of the solar system.]
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Date: Wed., Oct. 10 (5 lectures)
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Exam 4. Chapters 17 (properties of stars), 18 (the interstellar gas and dust), and 19 (the birth of stars).
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Date: Wed., Oct. 24 (5 lectures)
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Exam 5. Chapters 20-22 (stellar evolution and death).
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Date: Wed., Nov. 7 (5 lectures)
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Exam 6. Chapters 23 (Milky Way galaxy), 24 (other galaxies), 25 (galaxies and dark matter).
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Date: Monday, Nov. 19 (4 lectures) [Assuming exam day before Thanksgiving break would result in too many problems.]
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Exam 7. Chapters 26 (cosmology) and 27 (the early universe).
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Date: Friday, Dec. 7 (last class day; 5 lectures)
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I will detail in class and/or in handouts if there is material for which you will not be responsible. This occurs mainly for
chapters 1 and 2 (see above); we will read nearly all of the remaining chapters.
Finally, ask me questions about anything that is unclear, or not covered, in this syllabus.
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