ASTRONOMY 292 ANNOUNCEMENTS: WINTER 2012
One announcements:
Our final exam will be on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. in the usual room (McPherson 1008). Up to two pages (8.5x11
inches, each two-sided) of self-prepared notes, a calculator and the
sheet with the constants are allowed. There will be two parts to the
exam, with Part A consisting of six longer problems, of the kind we
had on the midterms, and Part B consisting of 24 short questions. The
entire material covered in the class is fair game, but with the most
recent material (quasars, cosmology) somewhat emphasized in part
A.
Posted Friday, 2 March 2012
One announcement:
Our second midterm will be on Friday, February 24, 2012, in the
class. One page (two-sided) of self-prepared notes, a calculator and
the sheet with the constants are allowed. Roughly speaking, Chapters
16, 17.1, 19, 20 and 21 are fair game.
Posted Monday, 20 February 2012
Two announcements:
The third homework, due Friday, 10 February in class: problems 16.1,
16.2, 16.4, 16.6, 16.7, 16.9, 18.1.
A "paper about a paper" assignment is due Friday, March 2nd, 2012.
Using ADS,
select an interesting, refereed astronomical paper published since
1970, and in no more than 3 pages (single spaced) describe what is in
that paper. Consult with me on your paper selection by no later than
Friday, February 17th, 2012.
Posted Monday, 30 January 2012
One announcement:
Our first midterm will be on Friday, January 27, 2011, in the
class. One page (two-sided) of self-prepared notes, a calculator and
the sheet with the constants are allowed. Roughly speaking, Chapters
13, 14, 15 and 17 (but not 16) are fair game.
Posted Monday, 23 January 2012
Two announcements:
In observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, university offices will
be closed and there will be no classes on Monday (1/16). Regular hours resume on Tuesday (1/17).
The second homework, due Monday 23 January in class:
problems 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.6, 15.3, 15.5, 15.7. Problem 15.10 can be done
as extra credit.
Posted Saturday, 14 January 2012
One announcement:
The first homework, due Tuesday 17 January
in class: problems 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.7, 13.8, 13.9. Problem
13.12 can be done as extra credit.
Posted Friday, 6 January 2012
Two announcements:
Our class will from now on meet 5 minutes earlier, i.e., 12:25 - 1:13 p.m
(the same room).
Standing assignment for the A292 students: prepare 3-4 minutes presentation on the
current Astronomy Picture of the Day, presenter's
name will be randomly drawn each day.
Posted Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Welcome! First Day of Class
The first day of class will be Tuesday, 3 January 2012.
See you there!
Posted Tuesday, 14 December 2011
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