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| Date | Lecture Description | Powerpoint link(s) |
| Jan 18 Wed | Introduction to course, scientific method (Ch. 3) | Jan 18 (Wed) |
| Jan 20 Fri | Scientific method, angular measurements, scientific notation, scale of Universe (Ch 1) | Jan20 (Fri) |
| Jan 23 Mon | Constellations, motion of Earth (Ch. 1, 2) | Jan 23 (Mon) |
| Jan 25 Wed | Celestial Sphere, motion of stars, solar/sidereal days (Ch. 2) | Jan 25 (Wed) |
| Jan 27 Fri | Zodiac, Seasons, Precession, Calendars (Ch. 2) | Jan 27 (Fri) |
| Jan 30 Mon | Lunar phases, eclipses (Chap 2) | Jan 30 (Mon) |
| Feb 1 Wed | Solar Eclipses (Chap 2) | Feb 1 (Wed) |
| Feb 3 Fri | Greek Astronomy (Chapter 3 | Feb 3 (Fri) |
| Feb 6 Mon | Renaissance astronomy (Chap 3) | Feb 6 (Mon) |
| Feb 8 Wed | Exam 1 | - |
| Feb 10 Fri | Renaissance Astronomy (Chap3) continued | Feb10 (Fri) |
| Feb 13 Mon | Galileo, Telescopes part 1(Chap 6) | Feb 13 (Mon) |
| Feb 15 Wed | Telescopes, part 2 (Chap 6) | Feb 15 (Wed) |
| Feb 17 Fri | Telescopes, The Sun (Ch. 6, 14) | Feb 17 (Fri) |
| Feb 20 Mon | The Sun (Ch. 14) | Feb 20 (Mon) |
| Feb 22 Wed | The Sun (Ch. 14), PRS Quiz | Feb 22 (Wed) |
| Feb 24 Fri | Introduction to Stars (Ch. 15) | Feb 24 (Fri) |
| Feb 27 Mon | Introduction to Stars (Ch. 15) Continued | Feb 27 (Mon) |
| Wed Mar 1 | Exam 2 | - |
| Mar 3 Fri | Stellar Birth continued | Mar 3 (Fri) |
| Mar 6 Mon | Stellar Evolution (Ch. 17) | Mar 6 (Mon) |
| Mar 8 Wed | Stellar Evolution (Ch.17 cont) | Mar 8 (Wed) |
| Mar 20 Mon | Stellar Evolution - Star Deaths (Ch. 18) | Mar 20 (Mon) |
| Mar 22 (Wed) | Stellar Evolution - Star Deaths, part 2 (Ch. 18) | Mar 22 (Wed) |
| Mar 24 (Fri) | Neutron Stars and Pulsars (Chap 18.2) | Mar 24 (Fri) |
| Mar 27 (Mon) | Space-time -special relativity (S2) | Mar 27 (Mon) |
| Mar 29 (Wed) | Spacetime and gravity (S3) | Mar 29 (Wed) |
| Mar 31 (Fri) | Black holes part 2 (Chap. 18.3-4) | Mar 31 (Fri) |
| Apr 3 (Mon) | Milky Way Galaxy (Chap 19 - MWG) | Apr 3 (Mon) |
| Apr 5 (Wed) | Exam 3 | - |
| Apr 7 (Fri) | Galaxies (Chap 20) | Apr 7 (Fri) |
| Apr 10 (Mon) | Galaxies, continued (Chap 20) | Apr 10 (Mon) |
| Apr 12 (Wed) | Galaxy evolution, AGN (Chap 21) | Apr 12 (Wed) PRS Quiz 5 |
| Apr 14 (Fri) | CANCELLED (Tornado!) | - |
| Apr 17 (Mon) | Chap 21 AGN, Quasars | Apr 17 (Mon) |
| Apr 19 (Wed) | Chap 22 Cosmology, Dark Matter | Apr 19(Wed) PRS Quiz 6 |
| Apr 21 (Fri) | Chap 22/23 Dark Energy, Big Bang | Apr 21 (Fri) |
| Apr 24 (Mon) | Chap 23 Big Bang | Apr 24 (Mon) |
| Apr 26 (Wed) | Exam 4 | - |
| Apr 28 (Fri) | Chap 23 Big Bang | Apr 28 (Fri) |
| May 1 (Mon) | Chap 23 Big Bang part 2 | May 1 (Mon) |
| May 3 (Wed) | Review 1 (Millionaire) | Millionaire quiz1 quiz2 |
| May 5 (Fri) | Review 2 (Millionaire) | Millionaire quiz3 quiz4 |
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