Astronomy 12
Harold M. Hastings
See how a moon journal might look at
http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Harold_Hastings/Moon_journal.htmlSyllabus
Address, etc.
Office: CHPHB 102
Office hours: MWF 1-1:45, MW 3-3:45, Tu 10:30 -12.
Telephone: 516-463-5586
Ms. Terri Kamiel, Sr. Exec. Secretary, 516-463-5582
Email: Harold.Hastings@Hofstra.edu
Home page (through October, 2001)
magic.hofstra.edu/~mathmh
Home page for this course:
magic.hofstra.edu/~mathmh/~astr012
Home page for Astronomy:
magic.hofstra.edu/~mathmh/astronomy
Text: Arny; also handouts and web material
The plan (first draft)
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Sept 3 |
No class - labor day |
Overview - slide show of the universe |
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Sept 10 |
Chapter 1: History of astronomy +observation* Start moon journals Start collecting sunspot photos |
cont'd |
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Sept 17 |
Chapter 2: Gravity and motion |
No class |
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Sept 24 |
cont'd |
No class |
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Oct 1 |
Chapter 11: The sun, our star |
cont'd |
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Oct 8 |
cont'd |
Chapter 12: Measuring properties of stars |
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Oct 15 |
cont'd |
cont'd |
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Oct 22 |
Chapter 13: Stellar evolution |
cont'd |
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Oct 29 |
cont'd |
Chapter 14: Stellar remnants |
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Nov 5 |
cont'd |
Chapter 15: The Milky Way galaxy |
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Nov 12 |
cont'd |
Chapter 16: Galaxies |
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Nov 19 |
cont'd |
No class |
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Nov 26 |
Chapter 17: Cosmology. The big bang |
cont'd life on other planets ? |
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Dec 3 |
Student presentations |
Student presentations |
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Dec 10 |
Review |
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Dec 17 |
Final exam this week |
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*: we will go out and observe frequently, trying to take advantage of good, clear days. Here are some of the observing and lab goals.
Observations, recorded in a laboratory notebook
(1) Bright objects in the sky: the sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn (in general two of these planets should be observable), stars and constellations, apparent motion of the stars
(2) Evolution of the telescope - what we can see with the naked eye, with binoculars (which are only a little weaker than Galileo's telescope), with small telescopes
(3) Jupiter's four largest satellites (using binoculars and telescopes)
(4) Star clusters (using binoculars and telescopes)
(5) Nebulae and galaxies
Laboratory recorded in a laboratory notebook
(1) Calculation of the diameter of the earth; measurement of the diameter of the moon from lunar eclipse photographs and the diameter of the earth
(2) Measurement of size of lunar craters
(3) Observing the sun: precautions, pinhole projection, sunspots, hydrogen spectra, H-alpha view of the solar corona; multispectral observations from spaceweather.com
(4) Power output of the sun
(5) CLEA Hubble lab on the age of the universe
Attendance is expected. Points may be deducted for absences beyond 2.
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