Visions of the Universe - ISP 205, Sec 2 and 3 - SPRING 1999
Instructor: Susan Simkin
312 PA, tel: 353-6779
isp205-2@pa.msu.edu (for section 2)
isp205-3@pa.msu.edu (for section 3)
home page: http://jabiru.pa.msu.edu/
LECTURE OUTLINES, SPRING, 1999
These will be posted after the lecture.
They are NOT a substitute for coming to class but are intended as a study guide.
- QUIZES COVER MATERIAL DONE IN CLASS THAT DAY -
January 11/12, 1999 - Introduction - The Sky
January 13/14, 1999 - More Sky -- History
January 18/19, 1999 - Planetarium Meeting Times
Planetarium Notes - Celestial Sphere
January 20-21, 1999 - Color-Light-and Spectra
January 25-26, 1999 - Spectra and Atoms
DREADFUL FORMULAE (what to do)
January 25-26, 1999 - Telescopes and Spectra
February 1/2 - Structure and Composition of the Solar System
February 3/4 - Formation and Evolution of the Solar System
February 10/11 - The Moon
February 15/16 - The Earth and Venus
February 17/18 - Mercury and Mars
February 22/23 - The Jovian Rings and Satellites
February 24/25 - The Jovian Planets
March 01/02 - The Sun
March 15/16 - How We Measure Basic Data for the Stars
March 17/18 - How We Interpret Data for the Stars
March 22/23 - Star Birth And Early Evolution
March 24/25 - EVOLVING STARS
March 29/30 - Star Death and the Cycle of Renewal
March 31/Ap01 - Review for Exam 3
April 7/8 - Our Galaxy
April 12/13 - More about Our Galaxy
April 14/15 - OTHER GALAXIES
April 19/20 - Cosmological Redshift - AGNs and Quasars
April 21/22 - LIFE - THE UNIVERSE - and ALL THAT
April 22 -
STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM 4
April 26/27 - REVIEW
May 06 - FINAL EXAM
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Susan Simkin (Simkin@grus.pa.msu.edu) last updated: 22 April, 1999