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1.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
Observed and physical properties of stars; supernova, neutron stars, black holes; our Milky Way galaxy and other galaxies; cosmology and the Big Bang; dark matter and dark energy. Recommended but not required: Mathematics 133 or equivalent. No credit for students who have completed Astronomy 205.
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1.00 Credits
Motion of the celestial sphere. Apparent and real motions of celestial bodies. Our view from inside the Milky Way. Observations of meteor showers, comets, and man-made satellites; telescopic observations of astronomical objects; stellar spectra. Laboratory ordinarily accompanied by 102 or 205. Satisfies the AXLE lab course requirement when completed with 102.
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3.00 Credits
Independent learning and inquiry in an environment in which students can express knowledge and defend opinions through intensive class discussion, oral presentations, and written expression. May be repeated for credit once if there is no duplication of topic, but students may earn only up to 3 credits in any 115F course per semester of enrollment.
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3.00 Credits
The sky, ancient astronomy, orbits and gravity; seasons, the calendar, phases and motions of the moon; tides, eclipses, light and telescopes, the terrestrial planets, the giant planets and their moons and rings, asteroids, comets, meteorites, extrasolar planets, formation of planetary systems, the sun. Recommended: Mathematics 133 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
The interdependence of cosmological theories and religious teachings from the eighth century BCE to the end of the seventeenth century. Examines scientific works and religious texts, including those of Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Copernicus, Luther, Galileo, and Newton.
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Origin and evolution of matter. The tools and methods of astrophysics, including light and telescopes. Cosmology and the Big Bang. Galaxies and star formation; physics of stars, including nucleosynthesis and stellar death; the solar system and the search for other worlds. Prerequisite: either 116a or 121a and either Math 150a or 155a.
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Directed readings and discussions of current topics in astronomy. Normally limited to juniors and seniors with preference to majors. Prerequisite: 102 or one semester of calculus-based physics. May be repeated for credit more than once, but students may earn only 1 credit per semester of enrollment.
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3.00 Credits
Absorption and emission of radiation by the sun and stars. Principles of stellar structure and stellar evolution from formation to death. Prerequisite: Mathematics 198, Physics 223 and either 225 or 225W.
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3.00 Credits
Interstellar matter and gaseous nebulae, the structure and evolution of normal galaxies, active galactic nuclei and quasars, and observational cosmology. Prerequisite: Mathematics 198 and either Physics 225 or 225W.
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