Astronomy 104
  Fall Term, 2007

Instructor:  Mario Mateo

GSI:  John Tobin


Astr 104 NEWS:
Power to the Dennison Building will be turned off
on Saturday, Dec 15 -- that is just before the final exam!
Please be sure to obtain all the notes and information
you need from this site BEFORE the 15th, or expect to
wait until late that day or the 16th.   Though I will make
provisions to ensure that the site will be available on the
16th (the day before the exam), there is a reasonable
chance it will NOT be.



Final Exam:  Monday, December 17,  4-6PM
Locations:  296 Dennison (Main Lectures and Final Exam)
5179 Angell Hall    (Lab Sections)
Review pages are available from links in the table below.

 
 
Lecture (Sect 001):  296 Dennison Building

Lab/Discussion (Sects 002-005): 5179 Angell Hall
Lecture:  3-4 PM, MWF

Lab/Discussion: See syllabus for times.
Required SoftwareStarry Night
Do not purchase from the link above:  A discounted version is available to UM students for order here.

Optional Text: Universe, by Freedman and Kaufmann, 7th edition (6th or 5th editions are ok)
Class Syllabus  (PDF File)

Class Syllabus (Direct Link)
Contact information for course
instructors.
Note regarding the textbook.
Reading list for 5th edition
Reading List for 6th edition
Reading List for 7th edition

Suggested Supplemental Reading

Related Links


 
 

The table below lists the destinations that we will visit during the course of the term.  The due dates for all bonus questions and the HW assignments are also listed.  Because  HW solutions will be posted immediately after the HW problems are due, absolutely no late HWs will be accepted!  See the course syllabus for details on how the bonus questions can contribute to your final point total in the class.
 
 

Bonus Question Solutions
 

   

Free tutoring is avaiable from the Student Astronomical Society.
You can find details at:

http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/sas/tutoring.html



 
Destination
Bonus Questions Due
HW Assignments and Solutions
   

 
1. The Moon; Our First Steps Off the Earth
September 12, 2007
Homework 1:
Due Sept 19, 2007

2. A Voyage to Mars
September 17, 2007
 
3. The Sky from Earth: The View from Home
September 21, 2007
 
4. The Sky from Alpha Centauri
September 24, 2007

5. The Sky of Deep Space: At `Anti'-Alpha Centauri
September 26, 2007
Homework 1 Solutions
6. The Orion Nebula
October 5, 2007
Homework 2:
Due Oct 3, 2007
7.  Extrasolar Planetary Systems:  51 Pegasi
October 10, 2007
Exam 1 Review Topics
Exam 1 date:  Oct 5, 2007
Homework 2 Solutions
8. The Pleiades
October 19, 2007
Homework 3:
Due Oct 17, 2007
9. Voyages Within the Milky Way
October 29, 2007
Homework 3 Solutions
Homework 4:
Due Oct 29, 2007
10. Stars Everywhere:  The Globular Cluster M92
November 5, 2007


11. The Magellanic Clouds:  The Nearest Galaxies
November 9, 2007
Homework 4 Solutions
Homework 5:
Due Nov 7, 2007

12.  In the Middle of Nowhere: The Galactic Halo
November 12, 2007
Exam 2 Review Topics
Homework 5 Solutions
13. The The Nearby Spiral Galaxies M31 and M33
November 16, 2007
Homework 6:
Due Nov 19-21, 2007

14.  Maffei 1
November 19, 2007
 
15. The Virgo Cluster: A Sky of Galaxies
November 26, 2007
 
16. The Bootes Void: The Emptiest Place in the Universe
November 28, 2007


17.  There's Something Wrong Here:  Life in A Seyfert Galaxy
December 3, 2007
18.  Back, Back, Back . . . In Time; A Distant Galaxy Cluster
December 5, 2007
 Homework 7
Due Dec 5, 2007

19.  High Redshift Galaxies: The Young Universe
December 7, 2007

20.  Quasars at the Edge of Galaxy Formation
December 10, 2007

21.  The Dark Ages December 17, 2007
Homework 7 Solutions
22.  The Era of `Re'-Combination December 17, 2007
Homework 8
Due Dec 17, 2007

23. Early Alchemy; Making the First Elements in the Universe
December 17, 2007
 
24. To a Time Before Time
December 17, 2007