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* '''Lectures:''' T 5:00-6:00pm; HCB 208
* '''Lectures:''' T 5:00-6:00pm; HCB 208


* '''Advisors:'''  
* '''Advisors:''' Chris Gerardy, 608 Keen, gerardy@physics.fsu.edu; Peter Hoeflich, 614 Keen, pah@astro.physics.fsu.edu; Tomasz Plewa, 484 DSL, tplewa@fsu.edu
            Chris Gerardy, 608 Keen, gerardy@physics.fsu.edu
            Peter Hoeflich, 614 Keen, pah@astro.physics.fsu.edu


* '''Office hours:''' Tuesday 1-2pm. You are welcome to contact me whenever you have questions.
* '''Office hours:''' Tuesday 1-2pm. You are welcome to contact me whenever you have questions.
*'''Pre-requisites:''' MAC2312, PHY2049C
*'''Textbook:''' Carroll & Ostlie: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics


* '''Main Webpage:''' see Blackboard
* '''Main Webpage:''' see Blackboard

Revision as of 14:18, 25 August 2009

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Class Information

  • Lectures: T 5:00-6:00pm; HCB 208
  • Advisors: Chris Gerardy, 608 Keen, gerardy@physics.fsu.edu; Peter Hoeflich, 614 Keen, pah@astro.physics.fsu.edu; Tomasz Plewa, 484 DSL, tplewa@fsu.edu
  • Office hours: Tuesday 1-2pm. You are welcome to contact me whenever you have questions.
  • Main Webpage: see Blackboard


Description

Introductory course for science majors which covers the key aspects and concepts of modern astronomy and astrophysics including coordinate systems, instrumentation, our sun and planets, stars and stellar evolution, binary systems and variable stars, late stages of stellar evolution and stellar explosions, galaxies, and the evolution of the universe.


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