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 (4/1 - 4/5): Overview of Current Astronomical Themes and our Viewpoint (Ch 1 - 3)
- Lecture 1: Introduction to the Course
- Lecture 2: TA Presentations
- TA Sessions on Friday, 4/5
- Week 2 (4/8 - 4/12): Astronomical Observations and Technologies for the Future (Ch 5, 6)
- Lecture 3: Appearance of the sky, Eclipses, Lunar Phases and Tides
- (Animations and powerpoint presentation from lecture 3)
- Lecture 4: Optics and Telescope Design
- TA Sessions on Friday, 4/12
- Lecture 7: EM Radiation from Stars
- Lecture 8: Stellar Structure and Evolution
- TA Sessions on Friday, 4/26
- Palomar Field Trip on Saturday, 4/27
- Lecture 9: Late Stellar Evolution
- Lecture 10: Black Holes (stellar and supermassive)
- TA Sessions on Friday, 5/3
- Mon 5/6: No Class, work on midterm
- Lecture 11: Diverse Planetary Environments (Ch 11,13, 15)
- TA Sessions of Friday, 5/10
- Lecture 12: Searches for exoplanets
- Lecture 13: Galaxies and Large Scale Structure
- TA Sessions on Friday, 5/17
- Lecture 14:Early Universe: Inflation and the first three minutes (Guest Lecturer: Samaya Nissanke)
- Lecture 15:The Cosmic Microwave Background, Dark Energy and Dark Matter
- Supplement: Hu, White - The Cosmic Symphony
- TA Sessions on Friday, 5/24
- No class on Monday, 5/27 (Memorial Day).
- Lecture 16:
- Friday: Presentations in class- LAST DAY OF CLASS