Dr. Pierce's
Astronomy 101
(Introduction to Astronomy)
Approximate Schedule of Lecture Topics
#1 -- The celestial sphere and diurnal motion
#2 -- Earth's revolution and seasons
#3 -- Moon phases, tides and eclipses
#4 -- Light and telescopes
#5 -- Atoms and stellar spectra
#6 -- Stellar distances and magnitudes
#7 -- Binary stars and stellar masses
#8 -- Interstellar medium and star formation
#9 -- Stellar structure
#10 -- Stellar evolution
#11 -- The Milky Way
#12 -- Galaxies
#13 -- Active galaxies
#14 -- Cosmology
#15 -- Solar system overview