Astronomy 123: Galaxies and the Expanding Universe

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AST122: Birth and Death of Stars

Lectures:

Week 01:
  1. Ancient Cosmology
  2. Medieval Cosmology
Week 02:
  1. Newtonian Cosmology
  2. Atomic Theory
  3. Clockwork Universe
Week 03:
  1. Quantum Physics
  2. Elementary Particles
  3. Relativity
Friday, Apr 17th: Exam #1
Week 04:
  1. Mass/Energy Equivalence
  2. Milky Way
Week 05:
  1. Hubble Sequence
  2. Quasars
  3. Distance Scale
Week 6:
  1. Creation
  2. Geometry of the Universe
  3. Dark Matter/Dark Energy
Friday, May 8th: Exam #2
Week 07:
  1. Early Universe
  2. Inflation
Week 08:
  1. Anthropic Principle
  2. Baryongenesis
  3. Nucleosynthesis
Week 09:
  1. Neutrinos
  2. Cosmic Background
Week 10:
  1. Large Scale Structure
  2. Galaxy Formation
  3. Fate of the Universe
Friday, Jun 5th: Exam #3

Quiz/Exams:

Quiz Deadlines
Quizzes #1,2,3Sun, Apr 5th Quizzes #15,16Thurs, May 7th
Quizzes #4,5,6Sun, Apr 12th Quizzes #17,18,19Sun, May 17th
Quizzes #7,8Thurs, Apr 16th Quizzes #20,21,22Sun, May 24th
Quizzes #9,10,11Sun, Apr 26th Quizzes #23,24Sun, May 31st
Quizzes #12,13,14Sun, May 3th Quizzes #25,26Thurs, Jun 4th
All quizzes must be done by 11:59pm on the dates listed on the top of each quiz
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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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