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Topics and Readings for Ast 307 - Fall 2010  (Updated 11/19/10)

Dates of
Lectures
 		Topics covered
 		Reading
 		Sections to
emphasize
 		Review (Self-Test)
Questions
8/26 & 8/30
 		Introduction &
Measurement
 		ch. 1
 		1-2 to 1-7
 		10, 17, 18, 34, 38
9/2 & 9/7
 		Cycles of the Sun:
Day & Year
 		ch. 2
 		2-2 to 2-6
 		8, 16, 17, 36, 40
9/7 & 9/9
 		Lunar Cycles:
Phases & Eclipses
 		ch. 3
 		3-1 to 3-5
 		4, 8, 12, 34, 43
9/9, 14, 16
 		Planetary Motions
Orbits, & Gravity
 		ch. 4
 		all
 		10, 16, 18, 39, 47
9/16, 21 & 23
 		Properties of Light
 		ch. 5
 		all
 		7, 14, 21, 29, 40
9/28
 		no new material;
campus emergency
 		 
 		 
 		 
9/30
 		EXAM 1
 		 
 		 
 
 		 
10/5
 		Telescopes &
Techniques
 		ch. 6
 		all
 		10, 15, 19, 24, 32
10/7
 		Overview of our
Solar System
 		ch. 7
 		all
 		8, 10, 14, 26, 32
10/12; guest
prof, Dr. Lacy
 		Atmospheres of
Terrestrial Planets
 		Parts of
ch. 9, 11
 		9-1, 5, & 7;
11-6, 7
 		ch. 9: 25, 26
ch. 11: 30, 34
10/14
 		Formation of our
Solar System 		various
 		8-1 to 8-6; 14-9 & 10;
15-1, 4, 7, & 8
 		8: 8, 10, 17
10/19 & 21
 		Extrasolar Planets
 		ch. 8, cont'd.
 		8-7
 		22, 25
10/21, 26 & 28
 		The Sun
 		ch. 16
 		16-1 to 4; 16-8 to 10
 		2, 6, 12, 14, 34
11/2 & 11/9
 		Properties of Stars
 		ch. 17
 		all
 		14, 18, 24, 25, 48
11/4
 		EXAM 2
 		 
 		 
 
 		 
11/9
 		Aging of Stars
 		ch. 19
 		19-1 to -5
 		13, 16, 21, 36
11/11
 		Deaths of Stars ch. 20
 		all
 		11, 14, 22, 26
11/11 & 16
 		Neutron Stars &
Black Holes
 		ch. 21 &
22
 		21-1 to 1-3;
22-2 to 8
 		21: 8, 18
22: 14, 24, 46
11/18
 		The Milky Way
 		ch. 23
 		all
 		6, 18, 26, 39
11/18 & 23
 		Galaxies & Hubble's Law
 		ch. 24
 		all
 		26, 36, 39, 40
11/23 & 30
 		Cosmology
 		ch. 26
 		26-1 to 7
 		4, 24, 35, 38
12/2
 		EXAM 3