The Cat's Eye planetary nebula, imaged by Hubble Space Telescope, exhibits one of the most complex forms, with 11 rings/shells of gas.
Ay 1 Lectures
Lecture notes will be available by the morning of the lecture. "Single" links to the presentation in a one slide per page format.
- Week 1 (3/30 - 4/3): Overview of Current Astronomical Themes and our Viewpoint (Ch 1 - 3)
- Lecture 1: Introduction to the Course (single): Monday, March 30
- Lecture 2: The Sky, Lunar Phases, Eclipses, and Tides (single): Wednesday, April 1
- Star chart used by Apollo 11 astronauts
- Week 2 (4/6 - 4/10): Astronomical Observations and Technologies for the Future (Ch 5, 6)
- Week 3 (4/13 - 4/17): Origin of the Elements — The Structure and Evolution of Stars (Ch 17 - 19)
- Week 4 (4/20 - 4/24): Stellar Structure, Evolution, and Death (Ch 20 - 22)
- Week 5 (4/27 - 5/1): Origin of Stars and Planets, Searches for Exoplanets (Ch 8, 18)
- Lecture 10: Cosmic Explosions and the Massive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way (presentation) (single)
- 4/29: Guest lecture by Jay Pasachoff: Solar Eclipses -- Science and Spectacle
- Week 6 (5/4 - 5/8): Catch up & Midterm
- Lecture 11: Interstellar Matter -- The Birthplace of Stars and Planetary Systems
- Lecture 12: Diverse Planets and Their Moons
- Week 7 (5/11 - 5/15): Diverse Planetary Environments (Ch 11, 13, 15)
- Week 8 (5/18 - 5/22): Galaxies and Large-Scale Structure in the Universe (Ch 23 - 25)
- Week 9 (5/25 - 5/29): The Early Universe: Inflation, Mass, Energy, and Radiation (Ch 26 - 27)
- Lecture 18: The Early Universe and Guest Lecture on Dark Energy and Dark Matter by Ranga-Ram Chary
