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

Week Topic Mon Wed Fri
1 Ch. 1 Our Place in the Universe Jan 15
Martin Luther King day (no class)
Jan 17 Jan 19
2 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
3 Ch. 14 Our Star Jan 29 Jan 31
Last day to drop for free
Observing
7pm SBO
Feb 2
In class Project 1
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 Feb 26 Tue Feb 27
Mae Jemison event
Feb 28
Review for midterm
Mar 2
Midterm
8 Ch. S2 Special Relativity
Special Relativity
4-dimensional perspective
Mar 5
Fiske: “Black Holes”
Observing
7:30pm SBO
Mar 7 Mar 9
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
10 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
11 Spring Break
12 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
13 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
14 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
15 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/
16 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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Updated 2018 Apr 14