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Astronomy 10
GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Professor David Dunn
Office: ST-2 (Outside of Sewell Hall)
Phone: 916-781-7162
Email: [email protected]
Syllabus
Supplement
Schedule
MA
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Overview
 Student
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Supplement
Handbook (Astro 10 Version)
Syllabus and Schedule of Activities
ALL third hour activities
Informative documents relevant to your grade
Also: pick up handouts (Syllabus Supplement
and General Schedule of Activities)
 Web
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HB-1
site: http://astronomy.sierracollege.edu
Nearly all materials can be found here
ALL of the lecture presentations found here (eventually)
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Overview
Third-Hour will
be ST-2, which
lies on the
theatre side of
Sewell Hall
HB-1
Supplement
ST-2
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More Overview
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I Take Roll …
Complete the Yellow Card!
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PUT ASTRO 10 ID# IN YOUR HANDBOOK!
(This 4-digit # appears on the upper left hand
corner of the yellow card)
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is not your Student ID#, nor is it your SSN, not is it
the same as any other Astronomy ID# you may
receive in another course.
 This number should be used on all assignments and
correspondence with the instructor
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You must also choose a 3rd hour …
Third Hours for Astro 10
 Indicate
the 3 choices (by numerical ranking) of
3rd hours you want to attend on the Yellow Card
(use the NUMBER !!!!!!)
assignment of 3rd hour will be posted by
Monday on line and on our bulletin board.
 Your
 Try
to go to any of the Third hours this week,
but then go to one assigned to you next week
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 Syllabus
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HB-2
and Schedule of Activities
Course consists of two hours of lecture (in S202)
and one “third hour” (in ST-2)
My “Official” Office Hours (in ST-2)
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11-12 M; 3-4 Tu; 3:30-4:30 W or Anytime my door is “open”
or after class
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Course required materials:
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The Essential Cosmic Perspective (text), Astro10
Handbook (Current), 2 Star Maps (SC001, SC002),
2007 Sky Gazer’s Almanac (not available at bookstore)
Recommended materials:
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Astronomy Quick Study Guide,
The Night Sky Planisphere
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 CPS
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device pads (the “clickers”)
We will use it for attendance, and
weekly quizzes worth 5 points each
You will be assigned a clicker which
corresponds to you Astro 10 ID
We will practice using these things
first before the quizzes start
CPS = Class Participation System
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More Overview
HB-3
 General
Instructor Expectation of
Students
 Students Expectation of Instructor
Be
aware of deadlines (see
handout), safety protocols
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HB-3
 Grades:
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See Course Syllabus for more details !
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Point total for class: 500
Must be here for Midterm or Final (or Quizzes)
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Tests, Homework, Third Hour Assignments,
Extra/Bonus
Midterm, 2-part 100 pt. Exam
Sky Quiz, end of semester, 30 pts.
Final, 3-part 110 pt. Exam
Grading follows standard 90% and above for
an A, 80-89.9% for a B, etc.
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 Syllabus
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Supplement
and Schedule of Activities
Homework is due every week except this week, the
weeks of the final and midterm worth 10 pts/week
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HB-3
Questions come from Mastering Astronomy website
at http://www.masteringastronomy.com
20 or so questions assigned per week
Due NOON on Friday (or last non-holiday day of week)
LATE HOMEWORK NOT ACCEPTED!
See Mastering Astronomy links at our website
http://astronomy.sierracollege.edu
Third-hour assignments each worth 5 pts/week
“Clicker” questions worth 5 pts/week
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 Syllabus
and Schedule of Activities
 Extra Credit
One of two Bonus questions on HW
• Extra Credit Options sheet (in Handbook)
See General Schedule (Handout)
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 Other
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things
Penalties for academic dishonesty
Check grading accuracy
HB-3
Supplement
Schedule
Overview
Extra Credit
should be
turned in here
The White Box
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Overview
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“Secrets” to Success (For a grade of B or A)
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Do the assigned reading (fast) before the first lecture of the
week.
Read all the homework questions before the first lecture of
the week.
Attend lectures with PowerPoint lecture notes from the
Student Handbook and CPS devices (“clickers”)
Work in groups.
Do not wait to the last minute to prepare for exams.
Do some extra credit.
Ask questions.
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Recent events
Lunar Eclipse Tuesday morning (about 3 AM)
Recent events
The
Hole in our universe
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Recent events
USA, Jan 11
Italy, Jan 13
Comet McNaught (C2006 P1)
gets near the Sun
SOHO site
movie
South Africa,
Jan 17
New “Tenth” Planet:
2003 UB313 and
Friend
Recent events:
Just what is a
planet?
orbit
Xena and Gabrielle
Recent events – Just what
is a planet?
 The
International Astronomical Union voted to
demote Pluto to a dwarf planet
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Initially a committee defined 12-planet solar system
(included Ceres, Charon, Eris [aka “Xena”])
Several groups disagreed and made their own
definition which excluded Pluto and the others
A vote was taken last August and modified version
of second’s groups definition won
So for the moment we have eight planets!
A little history about the instructor
Grew up in Woodland, California
Went to UC Davis as undergraduate
 Majored in Physics
Spent 10 years as graduate student at
Iowa
 Was a teaching assistant for most of the time
 Studied Saturn’s rings for thesis work
Then worked as a post-doc/researcher at
Berkeley (and still do)
Studied these planets
using radio telescopes
radio
More history about the instructor
Why my interest in astronomy?
 Dad and brother built a telescope
when I was young
 Several interesting celestial events
happened within 2 years of my initial
interest
 I started to read about it!
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Goals
 Acquire An Appreciation
of Our Celestial
Environment
 Develop the Needed Skills to Interpret
the Observed Sky
 Gain an Understanding of Astronomers’
Role in Acquiring Information and
Formulating Theories About the
Universe
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Objectives
 General
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Introductory Topics
The Celestial Sphere - Equator and Poles
Ecliptic and Zodiac
Seasons, Eclipses, and Moon Phases
Contributions from Past Astronomers
 Kinematics
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and Dynamics
Laws of Motion
Motion Under Influence of Gravity
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Objectives
 Basic
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Principles of Physics
Nature of Light
Structure of the Atom and Nucleus
Spectra
Thermal Processes
Ionization
Doppler Shifts
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Objectives
 Earth
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Interior Structure
Plate Tectonics
Origin of the Atmosphere
Greenhouse Effect
Seasons
Precession
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Objectives
 Moon
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Surface Features and Origin
Eclipses
Tides
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Solar System
Planets
Asteroid and Kuiper Belts, Öort Cloud
Formation
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Mars – Spirit
2004 - 2006
Dust Devils
Mars – Opportunity: 2004 - 2005
Saturn from the Hubble Space Telescope
Cassini: Mission to Saturn
Saturn
Huygens
probe
lands on
Titan
Titan
Objectives
 The
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Sun
Size and Structure
Physics
Surface Features
Atmospheric Layers
Solar Cycle
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Different Faces of the Sun
UV
magnetogram
optical
X-ray
Objectives
 Basic
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Stellar Concepts
Parallax
Magnitudes
Luminosity and Temperature
The H-R Diagram
Mass
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Objectives
 Stellar
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Evolution
Nuclear Burning and Nuclear Synthesis
Life Expectancy and Mass
Supernova Explosions
White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars & Black Holes
Pulsars and X-Ray Binaries
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Objectives
 The
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Milky Way
Basic Characteristics and How We Know
Location of Our Solar System
Nebulae and the Interstellar Medium
Origin of the Galaxy
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Objectives
 Other
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Galaxies
Basic Types
Theories of Formation
Properties of Active Galaxies
Hubble Law
Dark Matter Problem
Galaxy Clusters and Superclusters
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NGC 1232
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
Objectives
 The
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Universe
Evidence for Expansion
Big Bang Theory and the Hubble Constant
Microwave Background Radiation
Olber’s Paradox
The Early Universe and Anti-matter
Open vs Closed Universe
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Shorter introduction
Objectives (See Handbook)
 General
Celestial Concepts/Astron. History
 Basic Principles of Physics
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Nature of Light, Atoms, Spectra, and Telescopes
 Earth,
Moon, and the Rest of the Solar System
 The Sun
 Stars (Properties and Evolution)
 Galaxies
 The Universe and Cosmology
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