Readings

Sources: IN = Instructor’s Notes

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

9/3,5,10

Sec. I

ch. 1.3,3.1

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

Electromagnetic
Radiation

9/12,17

Sec. II

ch. 3.3,3.4,3.5

Bir - ch. 5
Ben - ch. 5

Magnitudes &
Photometry

9/17,19

Sec. III

ch. 3.2,3.6

Bir - ch. 5

Atmospheric
Effects

9/24,26

Sec. IV

pp. 244-246

Bir - ch. 7

Telescopes &
Instruments

10/8,10

Sec. V

ch. 6

Bir - ch. 6,8

Spectra, Part 1

10/15,17

Sec. VI

ch. 5

Bir - ch. 12
Ben - ch. 25, 15.1

Stellar Spectra

10/22,24,29

Sec. VII

ch. 8.1; 9.5

Bir - ch. 13

HR Diagram

10/31, 11/5

Sec. VIII

ch. 8.2

Ben - ch. 15.2, 15.3

Motions & Orbits

11/12,14

Sec. IX

ch. 2.1, 2.3

 

Binary Stars

11/19,21

Sec. X

ch. 7

 

Stellar Evolution

11/25, 12/3,5

Sec. XI

ch. 10.3 & 4; ch. 12.2 & 3;
ch. 13; ch. 15.1 & 5

Ben - ch. 13