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INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY
PHYSICS 113
This is an outline of some of the topics that will be covered.
OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY
- Overview of the Cosmos
- History of Astronomy
- Celestial Sphere
- Astronomical Coordinate Systems
- Motions of the Sun, Moon, and Planets
- Discrete and Continuous Spectra
- Optical Telescopes
- Radio, IR, UV and X-Ray Telescopes
STARS
- Properties of the Sun
- Star Formation
- Stellar Properties
- Binary Stars
- Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
- Stellar Evolution
- The End States of Stars (White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Pulsars, Black Holes)
GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY
- Milky Way Galaxy
- Classification of Galaxies
- Active Galaxies and Quasars
- Structure and Evolution of the Universe
- Creation of the Elements
- Background Radiation
- Inflationary Universe
- Life in the Universe (SETI)
