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Astro 1, Section 1,
Professor Brandt
Monday
January 11th
1999
Announcements:
Lecture notes:
Astro 1 "big" questions
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How do stars form?
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What makes the Sun and stars shine?
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Why do some stars explode as supernovae?
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Do black holes exist?
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Is there a giant black hole at the center of our galaxy?
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How did galaxies form?
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What is the "dark matter"?
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When did the Universe begin?
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Is there an edge?
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Are there other solar systems? do they have life?
Astro 1 - Class 1
Five Sections
1. Intro to Astronomy.
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how to use light as spectrum to learn composition of things in space
2. Stars
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how they are born
live
and die
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black holes and neutron stars
3. Galaxies
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galaxy collisions
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giant black holes in galaxies
4. Cosmology
5. Planets
The general format will be 6-8 lectures
then a review session
then a
test
How to do well in Astro 1
1. Do reading before class
2. Come to class
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will do explanatory demos for tough problems
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will answer questions
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multiple choice questions at end of class -- will be on test
3. After class redo the reading and bring any questions
to class
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you are responsible for both class and book information
but mostly class
4. Review before the quizzes and final
Tests
4 Quizzes and 1 final
The Final is 100 multiple choice questions
You may not drop the final!
Quizzes are 40-50 multiple choice questions (5 choices each)
Dates are given in the syllabus
The lowest quiz score is dropped
No makeup tests except for
documented medical emergencies
documented official university business
Grading
Course is curved
50% get As or Bs
35% get Cs
15% get Ds and Fs
There are also absolute standards -- if everyone
does well
everyone will get As
To Contact Professor Brandt:
503 Davey Lab
863-9551 - he prefers phone calls to email
Office hours MW 2:00-3:30
He will try to warn if he will be gone due to traveling
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