Stellar Astronomy Syllabus 2011

   Topics Chapters Test Date
Unit 1 Stellar Properties   Electromagnetic Radiation
4
Feb. 4
Unit 2 Spectroscopy   Radiation Laws   Stellar Spectra   The H-R Diagram
6  7
Feb. 17
Unit 3 The Sun   Solar Energy
8  9  10
Mar. 3
Unit 4 Binary Systems   Star Clusters
   11
Mar. 17
Unit 5 Interstellar Medium   Star Formation    Stellar Evolution
11  12  13  14
April 20
Unit 6 Red Giants  Supernovae   Neutron Stars and Black Holes
14  15
April 30
The Milky Way  Galaxies
All
May 11
SETI Project  Paper Due 
All
June 8

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Updated March 7, 2011