PHYS 1401: Descriptive Astronomy

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Chapter 3.4: Radio Astronomy
Quiz 05: Lab 05

Chapter 3.5: Other Astronomies
UCA Planetarium Show
7:00PM, LSC 010

Lab 06: Determining the Mass of Jupiter
Lab meets in LSC 174

Exam 02: Chapters 02, 03
Exam 02 Solution

Chapter 4.1: An Inventory of the Solar System
Chapter 4.2: Interplanetary Matter
Quiz 06: Lab 06

Chapter 4.3: The Formation of the Solar System
DUE: October Planetarium Summary

Full Moon! 5:51AM
Total Lunar Eclipse!

Lab 07: Discovery of ExoPlanet 51 Pegasi b
Lab meets in LSC 161

Chapter 4.4: Planets Beyond the Solar System

Chapter 9.1: The Sun in Bulk
Chapter 9.2: The Solar Interior
Quiz 07: Lab 07

Chapter 9.3: The Solar Atmosphere

Fall Break! No Lab!

Fall Break! No Class!

Chapter 9.4: The Active Sun

Meteor! Shower!
Orionids

Chapter 9.5: The Heart of the Sun

Lab 08: The Photoelectric Photometry of the Pleiades
Lab meets in LSC 174

New Moon!4:57PM
Partial Solar Eclipse!

Exam 03: Chapters 04, 09
Exam 03 Solution

Chapter 10.1: The Solar Neighborhood
Quiz 08: Lab 08

Chapter 10.2: Luminosity and Apparent Brightness
Chapter 10.3: Stellar Temperatures

Lab 09: The Photoelectric Photometry of the Pleiades
Lab meets in LSC 161

Chapter 10.4: Stellar Sizes
10.5: The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

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