ASTRONOMY 310 INSTRUCTOR: HARVEY RICHER HEBB THEATRE MWF 12:00 – 12:50
A310 COURSE INFORMATION
Web Site www.astro.ubc.ca/people/richer/A310
Required Materials
ALL COURSE INFO AT THAT SITE ALSO USE WebCT FOR GRADES AND SELF-HELP QUIZZES Text: Voyages to the Planets: third edition by Fraknoi, Morrison & Wolff
Grades
Final exam: 40% (regular exam period) Midterm: 20% (Dates Feb 4, March 14) I expect that all exams will be multiple choice Sky Quiz – held at Planetarium 20% 2 assignments 5% each total 10% Attendance at tutorials: up to 10%, 2% for each one
A310 COURSE INFORMATION TAs Chris Cameron
[email protected] Melanie Gendre
[email protected] Laura Kasian
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Lectures and Tutorials Lectures: MWF 12:00 Hebb Theatre Tutorials: as registered. Alternate weeks beginning Jan 10 Hennings 312
For Help H. Richer Henn 306 Tuesday, Thursday 10-11 TAs Henn 312 back room at times listed on Website
FLASHCARD IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM HOW MANY KNOWN PLANETS ARE THERE? A) 7
B) 8 C) 9
D) 10
COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION
Galaxy Cluster
DISTRIBUTION of GALAXIES
HUBBLE DEEP FIELD
NEARBY GALAXIES
Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
Small Magellanic Cloud
Large Magellanic Cloud
M83
INFRARED MILKY WAY GALAXY
MILKY WAY GALAXY
FLASHCARD HOW MANY STARS ARE THERE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM? A) An uncounted number
B) About 100 Billion C) 9 that we know of
D) 1
MILKY WAY GALAXY
Looking Down on the Solar System
The Solar System in Perspective
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Scale of the Universe
