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P121 Astronomy: The Stars and Beyond

3 credit(s)
This general-education level course focuses on three broad topics in astronomy: the tools of astronomy (the celestial sphere and the motion of objects in the sky; scientific method; light, spectra, and atomic structure; the astronomical distance scale; gravity and celestial mechanics); stars and stellar evolution (the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, the main sequence, and stellar lifecycles); and galaxies and cosmology (Hubble’s Law, dark matter, evidence for the Big Bang, and theories of the early universe). The course meets for two hours of lecture and a two-hour laboratory each week, and includes some use of the telescope. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: mathematics competency. Credit will not be granted for both P121 and P123 


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