

The course consists of two lectures and one laboratory meeting per week.

Topics include observational techniques, spectroscopy, the Sun, classification, formation, and evolution of stars, galaxies, and cosmology. This course is an intermediate-level treatment of stellar and galactic astronomy and includes a lab. (3)Īstr 204: Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies Students may not receive credit for both Astr 101 and 104 nor for both Astr 104 and Astr 204 nor for both Astr 103 and Astr 104 if taken simultaneously. The lab component of the course consists of indoor experiments, naked-eye observing, and observations through an optical telescope.

Topics include the motion of objects in the night sky, observational techniques, spectroscopy, the Sun, stars, galaxies, and the universe. This course is a one-semester introduction to stellar and galactic astronomy and includes a lab. (3)Īstr 104: Intro Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies Students may not receive credit for both Astr 101 and 103, nor for both Astr 103 and 104 if taken simultaneously. Topics include the motion of objects in the night sky, orbital motion, light, the planets and small bodies of the solar system, and extrasolar planets. This course is a one-semester introduction to solar system astronomy and includes a lab. (3)Īstr 103: Intro Astronomy of the Solar System A student may not receive credit for both Astr 101 and Astr 103, nor for both Astr 101 and Astr 104, nor for both Astr 101 and Astr 204. The course is primarily lecture-based, with some observations through the telescope. Topics include the motion of objects in the night sky, orbital motion, observational techniques, light, the solar system, stars, and galaxies. This course is a one-semester introduction to astronomy and does not include a lab.
