course information
course links
Astronomy Picture of the Day
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April 19 |
April 21 |
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last day of class |
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intro to the CMB 25(3) 26(2-7) |
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Skywatcher's Diary for this month map to duke forest "observatory" directions to duke forest "observatory" |
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April 12 |
April 14 |
April 16 |
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test
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(make-up for take-home test) |
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22(3) on finding distances to galaxies 23(1ABCE, 2, 6) on clustering and the distribution of superclusters in space first 2 pages of pink sheets on Newtonian cosmology (class handout) |
all of pink (Newtonian) cosmology sheets Lookback Time: Observing Cosmic History (article handed out in class) first 2.5 pages of green (General Relativity) cosmology sheets (see questions sent by email) |
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the top 10
cosmology sites |
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homework |
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After 45 Years (and $700
Million), a Gravity
Experiment Takes Flight
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April 5 |
April 7 |
April 9 |
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article on gamma ray bursts from Mercury Sept/Oct 2003 pdf version |
chapter 19 is boring and can be skipped, although you might page through it to see what's there chapter 20, especially (2) |
section 21-5A |
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Gravitational-Wave Observatory your tax dollars at work virtual trips to black holes and neutron stars Hubble's Top 10 gravitational lenses The
First Einstein Ring ; |
components
of the Milky
Way a new closest galaxy: the Canis Major dwarf the Sagittarius dwarf (discovered only in the last decade) is living inside the Milky Way Halo
Reveals Remains of Milky Way's Galactic Snacks the oldest
objects
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the Hubble Deep Field: Hubble Sees Early Building Blocks Of Today's Galaxies
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homework |
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Milky Way's dark heart: black hole fits inside earth's orbit |
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March 29 |
March 31 |
April 2 |
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on neutron stars ( = pulsars) & Prelude 6-4,5 with corrections (handed out in class) on synchrotron radiation pulsar physics |
read type 1 supernova link below know basic components, effects on space and time |
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see planetary nebula evolution pictures under march 24 supernova implosion and explosion movies (best movies are the ones at the very top) the importance of SN 1987A |
the crab pulsar: on
and off Crab
Nebula: The Sequel |
type Ia SN happen in binaries |
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homework |
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