Note this is designed only to provide a guide to what is covered in class. The lectures will not follow the book verbatim, and what is emphasized in the lectures will be emphasized on the tests.

Schedule
Jan 8 - Introduction, scale of the universe [Prologue]
Jan 10 - Why we see the sky the way we do, seasons, phases of the moon [3]
Jan 15 Laws of motion: Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton [1.2-1.4,2.1-2.3]
Jan 17,22 - Light, Radiation and Spectra [4], some discussion of Telescopes [5.1,5.5, a little on 5.2,5.3]
Jan 24 - Introduction to the Solar System [6], The Earth as a Planet [7.3-7.5]
Jan 29 - Midterm (25%)
Jan 31 - The Moon [8.1-8.4], also review of midterm
Feb 5 - Venus, and Mars [9]
Feb 7 - The Giant Planets [10,11]
Feb 12 - Rings [11.4], Asteroids [12.1-12.2], Pluto [11.3]
Feb 14 - Origin of the Solar System [13.3], also part of [20]
Feb 19 - The Birth of Stars [20.1,20.3]
Feb 21 - The Search for Planets [20.4], and The Search for Life Elsewhere [Epilogue]
Feb 26 - The Sun as a Star [15], study guide for midterm
Feb 28 - Midterm (20%)
Mar 5,7 - Spring Break
Mar 12,14,19 - Analyzing Starlight [16], Types of Stars [17], Stellar Evolution[21,22.1-2], Celestial Distances [18]
Mar 21 - Our Galaxy (the Milky Way) [24.1-3].
Mar 26 - Other Galaxies [25.1-3, 27.2], Dark Matter [24.4].
Mar 28 - Galaxy Centers [24.5], Quasars and Active Galaxies [26.1-3].
Apr 2- Review for midterm
Apr 4 - Midterm 25%
Apr 9, 11 - Expansion of the Universe [25.5, 27.1, 28.1-3]
Apr 16 - Black Holes [23], also Gravitational Lensing [26.4]
Apr 18 - The Very Early Universe [28.4-28.6]
Apr 23 - Recent Breakthroughs in Cosmology
Apr 25 - Course/Final Review
April 30, 8 PM Final - 30%

The numbers in parentheses correspond to the chapters in the book in which this material is discussed. Some material in a few chapters will not be covered on exams (this will be noted in class), and material not in the book may be discussed in class. All subjects discussed in class may be on the tests/exams.