- Autumn 2023
Meeting Time:
MWF 11:30am - 12:20pm
Location:
BAG 131
SLN:
10608
Instructor:
Syllabus Description:
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AUTUMN 2023: ASTRO 101A |
Lecture is MWF 11:30- 12:20 in Bagley Hall 131 |
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PROPAGANDA:
NO EXAMS, NO LATE WORK
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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