Spring 2018 ASTR 1200-001 General Astronomy: Stars & Galaxies Timetable
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Spring 2018 ASTR 1200-001 General Astronomy: Stars & Galaxies Timetable| Week | Topic | Mon | Wed | Fri | |||||||
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| 1 | Ch. 1 Our Place in the Universe | Jan 15
Martin Luther King day (no class) |
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| 2 | Chs. 4 & 5 Energy & Light | Jan 22
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Jan 24
hello_people |
Th Jan 25
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Jan 26
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| 3 | Ch. 14 Our Star | Jan 29 | Jan 31
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Feb 2
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| 4 | Ch. 15, 16 Stars | Feb 5 | Feb 7
Spacex Falcon Heavy Test Flight |
Th Feb 8
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Feb 9
| Sat Feb 10
“Digital Preservation” Vint Cerf, 7.30pm Macky Auditorium |
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| 5 | Ch. 17 Stellar Evolution | Feb 12
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Feb 14
♥ Tickets to Mae Jemison event go on sale (maybe) Feb 15 |
Feb 16
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| 6 | Ch. 18 Stellar Death | Feb 19
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Feb 21
5.30pm “A conversation with Fran Bagenal“ |
Th Feb 22
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Feb 23
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| 7 | Feb 26 | Tue Feb 27
Mae Jemison event |
Feb 28
Review for midterm |
Mar 2
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Ch. S2 Special Relativity
Special Relativity 4-dimensional perspective |
Mar 5
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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
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| 10 | Ch. 19 Our Galaxy | Mar 19
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Mar 21
More on black holes |
Th Mar 22
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Mar 23
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| 11 | Spring Break | ||||||||||
| 12 | Ch. 20 Galaxies and Cosmology | Apr 2 | Apr 4 | Th Apr 5
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Apr 6
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| 13 | Ch. 21 Galaxies | Apr 9
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Apr 11 | Th Apr 12
7pm Fiske “The Science of Stephen Hawking” |
Apr 13
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| 14 | Ch. 22 The Birth of the Universe | Apr 16
hello_people |
Tue Apr 17
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Apr 18 | Th Apr 19
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Apr 20
Guest lecture by Prof. Mitch Begelman “Active Galactic Nuclei”
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| 15 | Ch. 23 Dark Matter | Apr 23
FCQ week
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Tue Apr 24
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Apr 25 | Apr 27
FCQ first 15 minutes of class https://colorado.campuslabs.com/courseeval/ |
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| 16 | Last week of classes | Apr 30
Last day for FCQs Special lecture: “Inside Black Holes” |
Tue May 1
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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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