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Some general information:

Final Exam:

There will be 100 multiple choice questions in the exam from the course material and the labs. please bring a PENCIL  for marking.
No reference material of any kind will be allowed. Calculators are permitted.

Note: Please be prepared for the classes by being 8 to 10 pages ahead in your reading.

Mon., January 3, 2005
Welcome to the winter term. We started chapter 9 ``The Sun'' and covered pp 238-241.
To test your understanding  of the concepts please try to answer the questions at the end of
the chapters.

Wed., January 5, 2005

 We covered in chapter 9 "The Sun" pp 241-249.

Fri., January 7, 2005

 We covered in chapter 9 "The Sun" pp. 249-255.

Mon., January 10, 2005

 We covered in chapter 9 "The Sun" pp. 255-257.

Wed., January 12, 2005

We covered in chapter 9 "The Sun" p. 258. We also covered
in Chapter 2.4 "Light and Matter,'' that is pp. 51 - 54.

Fri., January 14, 2005

Today we saw the movie "The Solar Sea'' and with it we had our first quiz.

Mon. , January 17, 2005

We started a new chapter, #10 Measuring The Stars and covered  pp 262-266.

Wed., January 19, 2005
We covered pp 267-273.

Fri., January 21, 2005

We covered pp  273-279.

Mon., January 24, 2005

We covered pp 279-283 and finished Chapter 10.

Wed., January 26, 2005

We started Chapter 11 ``The Interstellar Medium.'' We covered pp  286-290

Fri., January 28, 2005

We covered pp 291-297.

Mon., January 31, 2005

We covered pp 298-303.

Wed., February 2, 2005

We covered pp 303-306.

Fri., February 4, 2005

We covered pp 306-309 and finished Chapter 11. We then worked through the
questions on pp.81-82 of our Tutorial booklet as part of our in-class activities.

Mon., February 7, 2005

We started Chapter 12 ``Stellar Evolution'' and covered pp 312-319.

Wed., February 9, 2005

We covered pp 319-322.

Fri., February 11, 2005

We covered pp 322-327 and saw the film ``Supernova: Death of a Star.''
See http://www.astronomyfilms.com for further details and availability.

Mon., February 21, 2005

We covered pp 328-331 and then worked through the questions on pp. 83-84 of
our Turtorial booklet as part of our in-class acticities. We covered pp. 332 and 334
already earlier, in passing, in a different context. We finished Chapter 12

Wed., February 23, 2005

We started a new chapter, Chapter 13 `` Neutron Stars and Black Holes.''
We covered pp 338-345.

Fri., February 25, 2005

We covered pp 346-359 except p 348, lower parts of pp 350, 351, 353. We will cover these
sections on Einstein and his relativity theories later. Prof. Hall kindly substituted for Prof. Bartel
who was away for a scientific meeting in Calgary. We finished Chapter 13.

Mon., February 28, 2005

We started Chapter 14, ``The Milky Way Galaxy.'' We covered pp 362-370.

Wed, March 2, 2005
We covered pp 371-373.

Fri, March 4, 2005
We saw the film ``The Lives of Stars.''

Mon, March 7, 2005
We covered pp. 374 - 384.

Wed, March 9, 2005
We covered pp. 383 - 396. Prof. Hall kindly substituted for Prof. Bartel
who was away to give a lecture at Trent University. At the end of the class we soved 
we worked through questions 1 - 5 on pp. 85-86 of our Tutorial booklet. The answers were not
marked but one of the questions could appear in the final exam. Chapter 14 was finished and Chapter 15
started.

Fri.,  March 11, 2005
We  covered pp. 396 - 406.

Mon, March 14, 2005
We covered pp. 406-413.

Wed, March 16, 2005
We covered pp 414-417 and finished Chapter 15. We then worked through the
questions on p. 87 of our Tutorial booklet as part of our in-class activities.

Mon., March 28, 2005
We covered pp. 451 - 460.

Wed., March 30, 2005
We covered pp. 460 - 462 and focussed on Einstein's special theory of relativity and general theory of relativity.
We covered pp. 348, 350-351 (lower parts), and 352 - 354.

Fri., April 1, 2005
We saw a powerpoint presentation of Einstein and his Miraculous Year (1905) and saw the film
"Testing Einstein's Universe."   See http://www.astronomyfilms.com for further details and 
availability.

Mon., April 4, 2005
We covered pp. 462 - 467,  finished Chapter 17 and came to the end of the course.

Good luck with the final exam.

Short Course Description: An introduction to astronomy; an overview of the contents of the solar system, stellar evolution and our Galaxy, including cosmology. This is a non-mathematical introduction to the universe that will include some outside work (at night) as well as laboratory exercise (including the use of planetarium software).

Evaluation Scheme:

Instructor(s):

Professor Norbert Bartel

Petrie 331 (416-736-5424)   

bartel@yorku.ca

home page

TA contact : xydong@yorku.ca

Class Schedule:

MWF   11:30-12:30,  Curtis Lecture Hall L

Special Dates:

Office Hours (Prof. Bartel)        Wednesday and Friday, 1400 - 1500, Petrie 331                                             
                                                   

Required Text:

Astronomy 4th edition, A beginner's guide to the universe by 

Jeff Chaisson and McMillan

Recommended Videos: 

Alternate Texts: (Steacie Library)

Fundamental Astronomy, 3rd edition, Karttunen et al. (Springer)
Astronomy: A Physical Perspective, M.L. Kutner (Harper & Row)
The Physical Universe - An Introduction to Astronomy, F. Shu (U. Science Books)

Important Things to Note:

• understanding concepts is the focus of the course, not memorization.
• communication by e-mail will be emphasized.
• a "due date" is a due date.
• assignments must be typed neatly
• laboratory exercises must be written neatly and in sentences where possible.