Astronomy Schedule
Assignments are from the text: Astronomy Today, Fifth Edition, Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan, Prentice Hall
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Month |
Subject |
Chapters |
Movies |
Field Trips |
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August |
Foundations of Astronomy The Copernican Revolution |
1 2 |
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September
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Radiation Spectroscopy Telescopes |
3 4 |
Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius Observatories: Stonehenge to Space Telescopes
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VLA Near Socorro Telescopes at NM Tech (same trip) |
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Solar System Earth Moon and Mercury |
6 7 8 |
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Venus Mars Jupiter |
9 10 11 |
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Saturn Uranus |
12 13 |
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October |
Solar System Debris Planetary Systems The Sun |
14 15 16 |
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Sandia Telescopes at Sandia Labs Academy's Starlab Planetarium (local) |
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Red Giants and White Dwarfs |
17 |
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Star Formation Stellar Evolution |
19 20 |
Brian Greene: Elegant Universe 1 |
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Stellar Explosions Neutron Stars |
21 22 |
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November |
Galaxies and Cosmology Normal and Active Galaxies Galaxies and Dark Matter |
23 24 25 |
Albuquerque Museum Planetarium
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Cosmology The Early Universe |
26 27 |
Steven Hawking: Cosmic Alchemy |
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December |
Are We Alone? |
28 |
LANL Milagro Gamma-Ray Observatory |
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Student Research Projects |
Research Project Notes
Topics from which students can select will be provided.
Alternatively, students can submit topics of interest for approval