ASTRONOM 2801A
0.50 credit · Main
The properties of stars, the building blocks of the universe, and how we obtain their characteristics. The night sky, coordinates, detectors, telescopes, stellar magnitudes and fluxes, spectra, interaction of light and matter, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, stellar evolution, and the Sun. Introduction to astrophysics, order of magnitude estimates, astronomical nomenclature and observations.
(One of either Physics 1201A/B or Physics 1401A/B or Physics 1501A/B, or the former Physics 1028A/B or the former Physics 1301A/B), (One of either Calculus 1000A/B or Calculus 1500A/B or Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1412A/B or the former Applied Mathematics 1412A/B), and (One of either Calculus 1501A/B, or Calculus 1301A/B, or Applied Mathematics 1201A/B with a minimum mark of 60%, or Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1414A/B, or the former Applied Mathematics 1414A/B).
3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour.
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