Professor Todd Thompson
Department of Astronomy
The Ohio State University
Astronomy 1101, Fall 2014
NEWS: (Updated Dec 9) :
Final Exam: Weds, Dec 17, 12:00-1:45pm in UH 0014 (lecture hall).
Final Exam: Study Guide Here
Office Hours (All in 4019 McPherson):
Weds Dec 10 12:30-1:30pm
Fri Dec 12 12:30-1:30pm
Mon Dec 15 9:00-10:30am and 12:30-1:30pm
Review Session: Thurs Dec 11 1:30-3:00pm 4054 McPherson.
Quiz 3: Results posted at Quiz link.
Please come by one of my Office Hours or the Review Session
to pick up your Quiz 3 and Grade Summary.
Old Updates:
Lectures: MWF 12:40-1:35pm, University Hall 0014
Laboratory: All Labs will start in the OSU Planetarium in 5033 Smith Lab (5th floor). Sections will then break out into the following locations: M 1:50-3:40pm Smith Lab 1042, 1064; T 2:20-4:10pm Smith 1042, 1076
Lecture slides updated for First 3 Minutes Lecture.
Lab OPTIONAL Dec 1 and 2 (we will review for Quiz 3!)
Lecture slides updated for Weeks 11, 12, 13, 14
Lab Sheets updated for Labs 11 and 12.
Study Guide for Quiz 3 Here
Lecture notes updated for weeks 13, 14
Lecture notes updated, slides added to Week 11.
No Tuesday Lab November 11.
Normal Monday Lab November 10.
Lecture notes updated for Week 11
Lecture slides from Planet Formation and Nucleosynthesis are here:
Review session 1:30 - 3:00pm Thursday, Oct 30 in 4054 McPherson
Quiz 2, Friday, Oct 31: Study Guide Here
Star and planet formation pdf notes from class: Here
Tests of stellar evolution pdf notes from class: Here
Black hole lecture page pdf notes from class updated: Here
Supernova lecture page pdf notes from class updated: Here
Partial Solar Eclipse viewing information: Here
Lab writeup and takehome information posted Here
Old News:
First Quiz 1, Friday, Sept 26: Study Guide Here
Lecture notes updated: Exoplanets
Please remember to bring a scientific calculator to Lab.
Lecture notes updated: Gravity and Orbits, Family of Sun and Dance of Planets.
Lecture notes updated: Copernicus, Tycho and Kepler, Galileo, Newton
Lecture notes updated: Measuring Earth and Sky: Aristarchus and Eratosthenes.
Lecture notes updated: Motions of the Heavens
Carmen Page activated.
