ASTR-1510-01
Quasars & Cosmology – One-Credit Section
Tentative Schedule - Fall, 2009
Week
Day
Date
Topic*
1
Mon
8/31
A Brief Tour of the Universe
2
Mon
9/7
NO CLASS (Labor Day)
3
Mon
9/14
The Milky Way Galaxy (1.1-7)
4
Mon
9/21
Normal Galaxies (2.1-3)
5
Mon
9/28
Extragalactic Distances (2.4-6)
6
Mon
10/5
Active Galaxies (3.1-7)
7
Tues
10/13
Groups of Galaxies (4.1-3)
8
Mon
10/19
Large-Scale Structure of the Universe (4.4-7)
9
Mon
10/26
Introduction to Cosmology (5.1-5.3.3)
10
Mon
11/2
Models of the Universe (5.3.4-5.5)
11
Mon
11/9
The Early Universe (6.1-3)
12
Mon
11/16
The Early Universe (6.4-7)
13
Mon
11/23
Which Universe is Ours? (7.1-4)
14
Mon
11/30
Cosmic Background Radiation (7.5-6)
15
Mon
12/7
Unsolved Problems (8.1-8)
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Last modified: 11/9/09
*Numbers in parentheses are related sections in Jones & Lambourne.
They are recommended but not required reading.