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ASTR 101 A: Astronomy

Meeting Time: 
MWF 11:30am - 12:20pm
Location: 
BAG 131
SLN: 
10608
Instructor:
Sophia Cisneros

Syllabus Description:

AUTUMN 2023:

ASTRO 101A

Lecture is MWF

11:30- 12:20

in Bagley Hall 131

 
PROPAGANDA:
NO EXAMS, NO LATE WORK

 

 

PROPAGANDA: SMARTWORK-SIGNUP, PURCHASE AND ACCESS THROUGH CANVAS. ONLY.OR IT DOESN'T COUNT. GO HERE: Textbook and Smartwork Course Materials

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week (that starts) Weekly Reading QUIZZES Chapter Topic LECTURE [MWF] (pop-quizzes are always possible. This class is in-person) <<Online HW>>   <QUIZ SECTIONS>  <<Discussions>>
Week 1 (27 Sep) CH3 (Palen) Laws of Motion <LECTURE 1-2> Welcome, Kepler's Celestial Harmonies, Humans as math recognition machines. Maths: Scale of everything. Difference between velocity and acceleration (calculus and humans). Finding Fibonacci. HW 1 (a) CANVAS SURVEY   WEEK 1: NO QUIZ SECTION  WEEK 1: STARTS WEDNESDAY
Week 2 (2 Oct.) CH4 (Palen) Light and Telescopes <LECTURE 3-5> (Light and Spectra) Light in vacuum vs. material mediums, telescopes of various kinds, cameras and spectrographs, CCDs, radio obseravtorys, emission and absorption lines, Special Relavity, in air/vaccum and material medium, ranking colors in EM rainbow, naming spectrum, Maths: speed of light (wavelength, frequency), Lorentz boosts & time dilation.

HW 1 (Ch3) 

Smartwork

Demoquiz 1: Forces and Notation [Newton & Kepler] Scientific notation, gravity Discussion 1: The Shape of Things : Non-Newtonian Science prior and previous to Galileo et al
Week 3 (9 Oct., 2023-Indigenous People's Day) CH10 (Palen) Measuring the Stars. <LECTURE 6-7> (HR Diagram + Thermal radiation) Heat Death of the Universe? Inverse Square Laws. Measuring the stars: parallax, Planck Perfect Black Body Continuous Spectrum (solid), spectra as atomic fingerprints, electron transitions and emissiion line spectra, peak wavelength and surface temperature, HR Diagram, Brightness 1/r^2 law,

HW2 (Ch4)

Smartwork

Lab 1: NASA's Zooniverse data reduction project Discussion 2: Telescopes in Hawaii
Week 4 (16 Oct.) CH12 (Palen)Life and Times of low-mass Stars <LECTURE 8-9> (HR Stellar Spectra, Stellar Types) & Star Clusters. Evolution of low mass stars (life cycles of stars), ages of clusters

HW4(Ch10)

Smartwork

Demoquiz 2: Light and quantum spookiness Discussion 3: Red Dwarf Stars or Dark matter?
Week 5 (23 Oct) CH13 (Palen)Life and Times of High-Mass Stars <LECTURE 10-12> (Wien's law & Quantum Phenomena) Heat, and Perfect Black Body Radiation, Lorentz boosts & Doppler shifts. Maths: Distances from the Inverse square law equation to relate brightness and luminosity. Black Holes: Why we care? Back to the future. gravitational time dilation, redshifts, thermonuclear fusion and layers like an onion, Iron fusion cutoff, stages of core collaps highly massive star, nuetron stars,

HW4, Ch12

Smartwork

Lab 2: DIY lab (or slime ) Discussion 4: Free Choice Astronomy News Reading
Catalog Description: 
Introduction to the universe, with emphasis on conceptual, as contrasted with mathematical, comprehension. Modern theories, observations; ideas concerning nature, evolution of galaxies; quasars, stars, black holes, planets, solar system. Not open for credit to students who have taken ASTR 102 or ASTR 301; not open to upper-division students majoring in physical sciences or engineering. Offered: AWSpS.
GE Requirements: 
Natural Sciences (NSc)
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning (QSR)
Credits: 
5.0
Status: 
Active
Section Type: 
Lecture
Last updated: 
September 14, 2023 - 2:24am
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