PHYS 1401: Descriptive Astronomy

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Venus and Jupiter!
6:00AM on E horizon

No Lab!

Syllabus & Course Policies

Chapter 0.1: The Obvious View

New Moon!
9:13AM

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Chapter 0.2: Earth's Orbital Motion
Chapter 0.3: The Motion of the Moon

Lab 01: Introduction to Stellarium
Lab meets in LSC 174

Chapter 0.4: The Measurement of Distance
DUE: Quiz 01: Lab 01

Labor Day Holiday!
No Class!

Chapter 0.5: Scientific Theory and Scientific Method
UCA Planetarium Show
7:00PM, LSC 010

Lab 02: Solar and Sidereal Days
Lab meets in LSC 174

Chapter 1.1: The Motion of the Planets

Chapter 1.2: The Birth of Modern Astronomy
Quiz 02: Lab 02

Full Moon!
8:38PM

Chapter 1.3: The Laws of Planetary Motion
Chapter 1.4: Newton's Laws
DUE: September Planetarium Summary

Lab 03: Synodic and Sidereal Month
Lab meets in LSC 174

Exam 01: Chapters 00−01

Exam 01 Solution

Chapter 2.1: Information From the Skies
Quiz 03: Lab 03

Chapter 2.2: Waves in What?
Chapter 2.3: The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Lab 04: Kepler's First Law and the Orbit of Mars
Lab meets in LSC 161

Chapter 2.4: Thermal Radiation
Chapter 2.5: Spectroscopy

Chapter 2.6: Formation of Spectral Lines
Chapter 2.7: The Doppler Effect
Chapter 2.8: Spectral Line Analysis
Quiz 04: Lab 04

Chapter 3.1 Optical Telescopes
Chapter 3.2: Telescope Size

New Moon!
1:14AM

Lab 05: Newtonian Gravity
Lab meets in LSC 161

Chapter 3.3: High-Resolution Astronomy