Course Information
This semester (fall 2008):
Stellar Astrophysics
Previously taught courses:
Stars, the Milky Way galaxy, galaxies, cosmology and astrobiology.
Observations of stars, clusters and other phenomena related to the ASTR 271 lectures. Also contains computer spectroscopy labs (we cannot do spectroscopy at the Campus Observatory).
Solar system astronomy: planet
Earth, the inner and outer planets, comets, and newest results from
space missions like the Mars rovers (concepts of astronomy with
emphasis on the Solar System).
Observations of the moon, planets and
stars.
Optics and modern physics.
Problem solving and demonstrations related to PHYC
262.