Astronomy 123: Galaxies and the Expanding Universe

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Exam Instructions

Lectures:

Week 01:
  1. Ancient Cosmology       [Slides]
  2. Medieval Cosmology     [Slides]
Week 02:
  1. Newtonian Cosmology     [Slides]
  2. Atomic Theory           [Slides]
  3. Clockwork Universe     [Slides]
Week 03:
  1. Quantum Physics     [Slides]
  2. Elementary Particles     [Slides]
  3. Relativity                 [Slides]
Oct 21th: Exam #1
Week 04:
  1. Mass/Energy Equivalence [Slides]
  2. Milky Way     [Slides]
Week 05:
  1. Hubble Sequence     [Slides]
  2. Quasars     [Slides]
  3. Distance Scale     [Slides]
Week 6:
  1. Creation     [Slides]
  2. Geometry of the Universe [Slides]
  3. Dark Matter/Dark Energy [Slides]
Nov 11th: Exam #2
Week 07:
  1. Early Universe     [Slides]
  2. Inflation     [Slides]
Week 08:
  1. Anthropic Principle     [Slides]
  2. Baryongenesis     [Slides]
  3. Nucleosynthesis     [Slides]
Week 09:
  1. Neutrinos     [Slides]
  2. Cosmic Background     [Slides]
Week 10:
  1. Large Scale Structure     [Slides]
  2. Galaxy Formation     [Slides]
  3. Fate of the Universe     [Slides]
Dec 06th: Exam #3

Quiz/Exams:

Quiz Deadlines
Quizzes #1,2Oct 06th Quizzes #14,15,16Nov 10th
Quizzes #3,4,5Oct 13th Quizzes #17,18Nov 17th
Quizzes #6,7,8Oct 20th Quizzes #19,20,21Nov 24th
Quizzes #9,10Oct 27th Quizzes #22,23Dec 01st
Quizzes #11,12,13Nov 3rd Quizzes #24,25,26Dec 05th
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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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