AST4210 5211: Introduction to Astrophysics - Fall 2009

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Class Information

  • Lectures: M W F 1:25-2:15pm; HCB 208
  • Professor: Peter Hoeflich, 614 Keen Building 644-5567, pah@astro.physics.fsu.edu
  • 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


Description

Introductory course for science majors which covers the key aspects and concepts of modern astronomy and astrophysics includin 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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