Spring 2018 ASTR 1200-001: Timetable

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Spring 2018 ASTR 1200-001 General Astronomy: Stars & Galaxies Timetable

Week

Topic

Mon

Wed

Fri

Ch. 1 Our Place in the Universe

Jan 15
Martin Luther King day (no class)

Jan 17

Jan 19

Chs. 4 & 5 Energy & Light

Jan 22

Fiske: “Our Place in the Universe”

Jan 24
hello_people

Th Jan 25

Homework 1 Help Session
6:00–6:50pm Duane G125

Jan 26

Homework 1 due

Ch. 14 Our Star

Jan 29

Jan 31

Last day to drop for free

Observing
7pm SBO

Feb 2

In class Project 1

Ch. 15, 16 Stars

Feb 5

Feb 7
Spacex Falcon Heavy Test Flight

Esposito public talk 7.00pm LASP “Cassini's Grand Finale”

Th Feb 8

Homework 2 Help Session
6:00–6:50pm Duane G125

Feb 9

Homework 2 due

Sat Feb 10
“Digital Preservation” Vint Cerf, 7.30pm Macky Auditorium

Ch. 17 Stellar Evolution

Feb 12

Fiske: “Stars”

Feb 14
♥
Tickets to Mae Jemison event go on sale (maybe) Feb 15

Feb 16

In class Project 2

Ch. 18 Stellar Death

Feb 19

Observing
7pm SBO

Feb 21
5.30pm “A conversation with Fran Bagenal“

Th Feb 22

Homework 3 Help Session
6:00–6:50pm Duane G125

Feb 23

Homework 3 due

Feb 26

Tue Feb 27
Mae Jemison event

Feb 28
Review for midterm

Mar 2

Midterm

Ch. S2 Special Relativity
Special Relativity
4-dimensional perspective

Mar 5

Fiske: “Black Holes”

Observing
7:30pm SBO

Mar 7

Mar 9

Ch. S3 General Relativity
Falling into a Black Hole
Inside Black Holes

Mar 12

Mar 14
Stephen Hawking died today.
Office hours postponed to 11am (I am teaching ASTR 3740 10-11am).

Mar 16

In class Project 3

Ch. 19 Our Galaxy

Mar 19

Fiske: “The Milky Way”

Mar 21
More on black holes

Th Mar 22

Homework 4 Help Session
6:00–6:50pm Duane G2B21

Observing
8pm SBO

Mar 23

Homework 4 due

Spring Break

Ch. 20 Galaxies and Cosmology

Apr 2

Apr 4

Th Apr 5

Homework 5 Help Session
6:00–6:50pm Duane G125

Apr 6

Homework 5 due

Office hours 11:30am-12:30pm

Ch. 21 Galaxies

Apr 9

Fiske: “Galaxies”

Apr 11

Th Apr 12
7pm Fiske “The Science of Stephen Hawking”

Apr 13

In class Project 4

Ch. 22 The Birth of the Universe

Apr 16
hello_people

Tue Apr 17

Observing
8.30pm SBO

Apr 18

Th Apr 19

Homework 6 Help Session
6:00–6:50pm Duane G125

Apr 20
Guest lecture by Prof. Mitch Begelman “Active Galactic Nuclei”

Homework 6 due

Ch. 23 Dark Matter

Apr 23
FCQ week

Fiske: “Universe”

Tue Apr 24

Observing
8.30pm SBO

Apr 25

Apr 27
FCQ first 15 minutes of class
https://colorado.campuslabs.com/courseeval/

Last week of classes

Apr 30
Last day for FCQs
Special lecture: “Inside Black Holes”

Tue May 1

Observing
8.30pm SBO

May 2
Last day of classes
Review for final

May 4
Reading day (no class)

Sat May 5
Final 4:30-7pm

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