ASTRONOMY (SC 125) RETURN to the ASTRONOMY home page
Fall, 2005
INSTRUCTOR: Thomas C. Gibbons | Questions? Contact me at tgibbons@eicc.edu
Eastern Iowa Community College District | Clinton Community College
TEXTBOOK: Comins and Kaufmann, "Discovering the Universe", Freeman, 7th Ed. (CD-ROM disk comes with the textbook)
DAYS: Combined Lecture and Lab at 6:30 - 9:15 PM, MTh, Room LNCN 127
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TOPICS |
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Thursday |
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Aug. 25 |
Size and scale of the universe; stars as seen from the earth |
Chapter 1 |
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Aug. 29 |
Sep. 1 |
How planets seem to move as observed from the earth. How they really move. How science works. Kepler's Laws. |
In Chapter 2, pp 36 -51 |
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Sep. 8 |
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The rest of Chap. 2 |
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Sep. 12 |
Sep. 15 |
Light waves and telescopes |
Chapter 3 |
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Sep. 19 |
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Principles of light and optics as applied to Astronomy; spectra and spectral lines. |
Chapter 4 |
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Sep. 22 |
TEST NUMBER ONE (Start next topic after test.) |
TEST IS OVER ABOVE MATERIAL. |
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Sep. 26 |
Sep. 29 |
Origin and evolution of the solar system. |
Chapter 5 |
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Oct. 3 |
Oct. 6 |
Earth & Moon. Other terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars). |
Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 |
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Oct. 10 |
Oct. 13 |
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
In Chapter 8, pp. 200-207; 214-217; 223-225; 226-228; 232-234 |
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Oct. 17 |
Oct. 20 |
Asteroids, Comets, Meteors, Pluto (whatever it is), and any other planet that might pop up. |
Chapter 9 and in Chap. 8, pp. 229-230 |
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Oct. 24 |
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Satellites and rings. |
In Chapter 8, pp. 207-214; 217-221; 225-226; 228-229; 230-232 |
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Oct. 27 |
TEST NUMBER TWO (begin with the sun after the test) |
TEST IS OVER THE MATTERIAL SINCE TEST 1 |
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Oct. 31 |
Nov. 3 |
The Sun; basic observations about stars. |
Chapter 10 and in Chap. 11 pp. 292-300. |
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Nov. 7 |
Nov. 10 |
Nature of stars; binary and multiple stars; clusters of stars. |
In chapter 11, pp. 300-314. In Chap. 12, p. 324 and pp. 330-331; & 338-339. |
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Nov. 14 |
Nov. 17 |
Where stars come from, how they evolve, and a very quick look at nuclear reactions |
Chapter 12 |
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Nov. 21 |
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Old stars, white dwarfs, planetary nebulae, supernovae |
In chap. 13, pp.349-363 |
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Nov. 28 |
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Remnants of stars, neutron stars, black holes |
In chapter 13, pp. 364-372; in chap. 14, pp. 381-390 |
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Dec. 1 |
TEST NUMBER THREE (begin galaxies after test) |
TEST IS OVER MATERIAL SINCE TEST 2 |
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Dec. 5 |
Dec. 8 |
Our galaxy; types of galaxy, clusters of galaxies |
Chapter 15; in chap 16, pp. 418-434 |
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Dec. 12 |
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Big Bang cosmology, expanding universe, search for life |
In chapter 16, pp. 434-440; selected topics from chap 17, chap 18, and chap. 19 as time permits |
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Dec 15 |
FINAL EXAMINATION |
COVERS THE ENTIRE COURSE |
