Astronomy 122: Birth and Death of Stars

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What's in the Sky this Month? Unit Converter Astronomy Web Textbook Temperature Scale Constellations Science Calculator (HELP) 21st Century Science Astronomy/Physics Glossary

Meteor Showers and Comets Encyclopedia Wikipedia Math: Ratios Math: Factors Math: Angular Distance Math: Exponents/Logarithms AST121: The Solar System AST123: Galaxies and Cosmology

Lectures:

Week 01: Introduction (Slides) Celestial Sphere (Slides) Matter & Energy (Slides) Week 02: Light (Slides) Quantum Physics (Slides) Fundamental Forces (Slides) Week 03: Telescopes & Observatories (Slides) Stellar Properties (Slides) Jan 27th: Exam #1 Week 04: Stellar Types (Slides) Binary Stars (Slides) Week 05: HR Diagram (Slides) Stellar Structure (Slides) Star Formation (Slides)

Week 06: Stellar Evolution: MS (Slides) Star Clusters (Slides) Stellar Evolution: RGB (Slides) Feb 17th: Exam #2 Week 07: Stellar Evolution: WD (Slides) Stellar Death (Slides) Week 08: Neutron Stars (Slides) Relativity (Slides) Black Holes (Slides) Week 09: Interstellar Medium: Cold (Slides) Interstellar Medium: Warm (Slides) Interstellar Medium: Hot (Slides) Week 10: Milky Way (Slides) Stellar Populations (Slides) Mar 14th: Exam #3

Quiz/Exams:

Quiz Deadlines
Quizzes #1,2,3 Sun, Jan 12 Quizzes #14,15,16 Sun, Feb 16 Quizzes #4,5,6 Sun, Jan 19 Quizzes #17,18 Sun, Feb 23 Quizzes #7,8 Sun, Jan 26 Quizzes #19,20,21 Sun, Mar 02 Quizzes #9,10 Sun, Feb 02 Quizzes #22,23,24 Sun, Mar 09 Quizzes #11,12,13 Sun, Feb 09 Quizzes #25,26 Thurs, Mar 13
All quizzes must be done by 11:59pm on the dates listed on the top of each quiz		Scores and answers will be available after each deadline by clicking the button below

The background graphic of these pages is from a chart in Johannes Kepler's 1606 celestial atlas entitled De Stella Nova.

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