Lecture Notes
ISP 205 Visions of the Universe
Spring 2001, Section 2
Lecture #1 01/09/01
Introduction and Overview
Lecture #2 01/11/01 Observing the Sky,
Astrology and Science
Lecture #3 01/16/01 History of Astronomy
and Keplers Laws
Lecture #4 01/18/01 Newtons Laws and
Theory of Gravity,
Lecture #5 01/23/01 Angular measurements, RA and Dec,
Orbits of the Earth and the Moon, Eclipses
Lecture #6 01/25/01 Eclipses, Light
Lecture #7 01/30/01 Light II (sorry - no notes available)
Lecture #8 02/01/01 Telescopes and Review
Lecture #9 02/06/01 Exam - no notes
Lecture #10 02/08/01 Solar System
Overview
Lecture #11 02/13/01 Solar System
Overview continued and The Earth
Lecture #12 02/15/01 The Earth and the Moon (by
guest lecturer Brad Sherrill)
Lecture #13 02/20/01 Terrestrial Planets
Lecture #14 02/22/01 Giant Planets (no
pictures yet)
Lecture #15 02/27/01 Pluto, Moons, and
Rings
Lecture #16 03/01/01 Titan, Asteroids,
and Comets (no pictures yet)
Lecture #17 03/13/01 Formation of the
Solar System, Meteorites, The Sun
Lecture #18 03/15/01 Same as #17 (Sun part) and Exam Review (see ISP205 start
page)
Lecture #19 03/20/01 Exam - no notes
Lecture #20 03/22/01 How the sun works,
Magnitude, Spectral classes
Lecture #21 03/27/01 Properties of
stars, HR-diagram, distance measurements
Lecture #22 03/29/01 Gas, Dust, Birth of
Stars, Extrasolar Planets
Lecture #23 04/03/01 Life and Death of
Stars
Lecture #24 04/05/01 Neutron Stars, Black
Holes and Relativity
Lecture #25 04/10/01 Galaxies
Lecture #26 04/12/01 Active Galaxies,
Large Scale Structure of the Universe
Lecture #27 04/17/01 Big Bang, Cosmology
Lecture #28 04/19/01 Wrap up Cosmology,
Exam Review
Lecture #29 04/26/01 Life in the Universe