Professor
John Kormendy
Office: RLM 15.324
Phone: (512) 471-8191
kormendy@astro.as.utexas.edu
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Elizabeth Leass
Office: RLM 16.212
Phone: (512) 471-8443
lizwiz@astro.as.utexas.edu
TA [section 45915]
Kyungjin Ahn
Office: RLM 16.208
Phone: (512) 471-2785
kjahn@astro.as.utexas.edu
Course Web Site
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Horizons: Exploring the Universe by Michael A. Seeds, published by Brooks/Cole and available at
the Co-Op. I will use the 7th Edition. Older editions cover the material entirely well enough. I would never
discourage you from saving money by buying the 6th Edition. If you do so, you will have to be a bit careful:
the pages and section numbers mentioned in reading assignments (which will be correct for the 7th Edition)
may not correspond to those in the 6th Edition.
Class Attendance
I strongly recommend that you attend classes. Astronomy is not intrinsically difficult, but it is probably
unfamiliar to you, and it is much harder to understand the material if you only read about it. Also, I will
omit some subjects that are in the book, and I will lecture on other subjects that are not in the book. You
will be responsible for the content of the lectures. I will distribute handouts on the most important things
that are not in the book. Don't let the convenience of handouts fool you into thinking that you won't miss
much by skipping class. Reading the handouts is supposed to help you to remember what I said, not to
substitute for coming to class. If you skip classes and study only from the handouts, chances are that
you will pass the course but that your grade will be substantially lower than it could have been (e. g., C
or even D instead of B). This is not because I'm nasty to people who skip classes (I'm not) but because
you won't know the material very well.
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