PHYS10140 - Descriptive Astronomy (Summer 2019)

Syllabus

Textbook

Lectures

• 06/17/2019: 01_PHYS10140.pdf (Introduction)
• 06/18/2019: 02_PHYS10140.pdf (Science and the Universe)
• 06/19/2019: 03_PHYS10140.pdf (Digital Visualization Theater)
• 06/20/2019: 04_PHYS10140.pdf (Observing the Sky, and Orbits)

• 06/24/2019: 05_PHYS10140.pdf (Gravity, Sky, and Seasons)
• 06/25/2019: 06_PHYS10140.pdf (Seasons, Moon, and Sky)
• 06/26/2019: 07_PHYS10140.pdf (Prepare group presentation)
• 06/27/2019: 08_PHYS10140.pdf (Quiz)

• 07/01/2019: 09_PHYS10140.pdf (Group Presentation - Planets of the Solar System)
• 07/02/2019: 10_PHYS10140.pdf (Radiation and Spectra)
• 07/03/2019: 11_PHYS10140.pdf (Telescopes)

• 07/08/2019: 12_PHYS10140.pdf (Atoms and Doppler Effect)
• 07/09/2019: 13_PHYS10140.pdf (Sun and Starlight)
• 07/10/2019: 14_PHYS10140.pdf (Stars and HR diagram)
• 07/11/2019: 15_PHYS10140.pdf (Guest Lecture: Exoplanets - Prof. Chilcote)

• 07/15/2019: 16_PHYS10140.pdf (Distances and Stellar Evolution)
• 07/16/2019: 17_PHYS10140.pdf (Live from the Gemini Observatory)
• 07/17/2019: 18_PHYS10140.pdf (Digital Visualization Theater)
• 07/18/2019: 19_PHYS10140.pdf (Stellar Evolution and The Death of Stars)

• 07/22/2019: 20_PHYS10140.pdf (Black Holes and the Milky Way)
• 07/23/2019: 21_PHYS10140.pdf (Galaxies and the Big Bang)
• 07/24/2019: 22_PHYS10140.pdf (Review and Assessment)
• 07/25/2019: 23_PHYS10140.pdf (Final Exam)

Contact

• Vinicius Placco: vplacco@nd.edu (334 Nieuwland Science Hall)
• Derek Shank: dshank1@nd.edu (341 Nieuwland Science Hall)