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Topics & Readings for AST 307 - Spring 2010 (Updated 4/20/10)

Dates of Lectures
 		Topics covered
 		Reading
 		Sections to
emphasize
 		Review (Self-Test)
Questions
1/19 & 1/21
 		Introduction &
Measurement
 		ch. 1
 		1-2 to 1-7
 		16, 18, 26, 34, 38
1/21 & 1/26
 		Cycles of the Sun:
Day & Year
 		ch. 2
 		2-2 to 2-6
 		8, 16, 17, 36, 40
1/28
 		Cycles of the
Moon: Phases &
Eclipses
 		ch. 3
 		3-1 to 3-5
 		4, 8, 12, 34, 43
2/2, 2/4, & 2/9
 		Motions of the
Planets: Orbits &
Gravity
 		ch. 4
 		entire
chapter
 		10, 16, 18, 39, 47
2/11, 2/16, & 2/18
 		Properties of
Light
 		ch. 5
 		entire
chapter
 		7, 14, 21, 29, 40
2/23 & 2/25
 		Telescopes &
Techniques
 		ch. 6
 		entire
chapter
 		10, 15, 19, 24, 32
2/25 & 3/2
 		Overview of our
Solar System
 		ch. 7
 		entire
chapter
 		8, 10, 14, 26, 32
3/4
 		Formation of our
Solar System
 		ch. 8
 		8.1;
8-4 to 8-6
 		8, 10, 17
3/9

Extrasolar Planets

 ch. 8
 		8-7
 		22, 25
3/23
 		The Sun
 		ch. 16
 		16-1 to 4;
16-8 to 10
 		2, 6, 12, 14, 34
3/25 & 3/30,
& 4/1
 		Properties of Stars
 		ch. 17
 		entire
chapter
 		24, 25, 46, 48, 50
4/1 & 4/6
 		Aging of Stars
 		ch. 19
 		19-1 to 19-5
 		8, 13, 16, 21, 25, 36
4/8 & 4/13
 		Deaths of Stars
 		ch. 20
 		entire
chapter
 		3, 11, 14, 22, 24
4/13 & 4/15
 		Neutron Stars &
Black Holes
 		ch. 21
& 22
 		21-1 to 4;
21-7 to 9;
22-2 to 9;
 		21: 8, 18, 26
22: 14, 21, 24
4/20 & 4/22
 		Our Galaxy
 		ch. 23
 		entire
chapter
 		7, 18, 26, 35, 39
4/22 & 4/27
 		Galaxies &
Hubble's Law 		ch. 24
 		entire
chapter
 		8, 12, 15, 26