NATS ASTRONOMY (1740 Section A) -- Professor Hall (put NATS1740 in email Subject line)
Office hours (in Petrie 337): MW 11:30-12:30, and by appointment
Course Outline (Syllabus) in PDF
More info on this course's Moodle website.
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You must print out your lab assignment and bring it to the lab!
Download the instructions for all individual labs and assignments here.
Lab 5 now available - click here! YOU MUST ATTEND YOUR OWN SECTION FOR LAB 5!
On-line Lectures:
Fri. Feb. 10 | General Relativity
Wed. Feb. 08 | Special Relativity
Mon. Feb. 06 | Black Holes | Relativity
Fri. Feb. 03 | White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars
Wed. Feb. 01 | Powers of Ten
Mon. Jan. 30 | Life as a High-Mass Star
Fri. Jan. 27 | Star Formation and Brown Dwarfs
Wed. Jan. 25 | Life as a Low-Mass Star
Mon. Jan. 23 | Star Clusters and Stellar Lifetimes | Table: Cluster Ages from the Bluest Stars
Fri. Jan. 20 | Main Sequence Stars
Wed. Jan. 18 | Stellar Properties II
Mon. Jan. 16 | Stellar Properties I
Fri. Jan. 13 | Luminosity and Brightness | Inverse Square Law Worksheet
Wed. Jan. 11 | Solar Activity
Mon. Jan. 09 | Fusion in the Sun | Fusion Pathways Worksheet
Fri. Jan. 06 | The Sun
Wed. Jan. 04 | Winter Term Project | Introduction to our Sun
Mon. Dec. 05 | 2012 OMG!! | Term Exam Info
Fri. Dec. 02 | Comets and Kuiper Belt Objects
Wed. Nov. 30 | Moons of the Jovian Planets
Mon. Nov. 28 | The Jovian Planets
Fri. Nov. 25 | Terrestrial Planets Review | Asteroids
Wed. Nov. 23 | Terrestrial Planets II | Solar Days on Mercury and Venus
Mon. Nov. 21 | Terrestrial Planets I
Fri. Nov. 18 | Extrasolar Planets | Ranking Task #1 | #2
Wed. Nov. 16 | Solar System Formation and Age
Mon. Nov. 14 | Solar System Introduction
Fri. Nov. 11 | Spectra
Wed. Nov. 09 | Telescopes
Mon. Nov. 07 | Light and Spectra
Fri. Nov. 04 | Light and Matter
Wed. Nov. 02 | Tides | Ranking Task
Mon. Oct. 31 | Energy and Conservation Laws
Fri. Oct. 28 | Newton's Laws and Conservation Laws | Ranking Task | Ranking Task
Wed. Oct. 26 | Newton's Laws | Ranking Task
Mon. Oct. 24 | Kepler to Newton | Ranking Task
Fri. Oct. 21 | More on Kepler's Laws
Wed. Oct. 19 | Kepler's Laws
Mon. Oct. 17 | Rise of Modern Science | PDF
Fri. Oct. 07 | Eclipses
Wed. Oct. 05 | Eclipses | Ranking Task
Mon. Oct. 03 | The Moon and Lunar Eclipses
Fri. Sep. 30 | Phases of the Moon
Wed. Sep. 28 | Solar & Sidereal Days | Synodic & Sidereal Months
Mon. Sep. 26 | Seasons on Earth and elsewhere
Fri. Sep. 23 | Seasons, continued | Ranking Task
Wed. Sep. 21 | Seasons
Mon. Sep. 19 | Rotation of the Earth | Ranking Task
Fri. Sep. 16 | Rotation of the Night Sky | Activity #2, continued | Ranking Task
Wed. Sep. 14 | The Night Sky | Activity #2
Mon. Sep. 12 | Constellations | Activity #1
Fri. Sep. 09 | Introductory Astronomy Survey - BRING A PENCIL TO CLASS!
Wed. Sep. 07 | Introduction, Course Outline, and Required Materials
Solar System Scale Model at York