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Unit #01 = Introduction to Astronomy (Chapters 00 - 03)
Chapter 00
Chapter 00
- Know the objects measured by the ancients in space
- Know the way we measure celestial coordinates
- Know how we calculate years, months, and days in Astronomy
- Know what synchronous rotation is and what it does
- Know all the phases of the moon and what they are called
- Know the cause of the seasons on Earth and the location of the Earth relative to the Sun during them
- Know how solar and lunar eclipses work
- Know what parallax is and how it is used in Astronomy
- Know the difference between geocentric and heliocentric models of the universe
- Know what contributions the ancient and renaissance astronomers made to the development of Astronomy
- Know the 3 laws of planetary motion
- Know Newton's Law of Gravity and how it works
- Know that the Sun actually orbits within the solar system as well
- Know all the different forms of electromagnetic radiation
- Know all the parts of a wave
- Know what diffraction and interference are
- Know about the electric and magnetic fields
- Know the visible portion of the spectrum
- Know what the atmospheric windows are and what they mean
- Know what temperature is and how it is measured
- Know how to convert between temperature measurements
- Know what a blackbody curve is and what it tells us
- Know continuous, emission, and absorption spectra and what they tell us
- Know Bohr's model of the atom and how it explains spectra
- Know the Doppler Effect and how the red shift and blue shift work
- Know the two types of optical telescopes and how they work
- Know the difference between a Newtonian and Cassegrain telescope
- Know the Hubble telescope and how amazing of an instrument it is
- Know what CCD's, exposure time, and collecting area do to the image produced by a telescope
- Know how the resolving power of a telescope works
- Know what atmospheric blurring, active optics, and adaptive optics do
- Know what radio telescopes are used for
- Know what an inferometer is and how to calculate the resolving power of one
- Know what infrared and ultraviolet telescopes are
- Understand how the many different instuments we use in Astronomy work together to give us information on objects that are trillions and trillions of miles away.
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Unit #02 = The Solar System (Chapters 04 - 08)
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Chapter 06
Chapter 07
Chapter 08
Chapter 04
- Know the layout of the solar system including the two types of planets, both asteroid belts, and the Oort cloud
- Know what comets are and where they come from
- Know the difference between the three types of meteors
- Know how we measure the size of planets using our observations on Earth
- Know the way the entire solar system formed starting with interstellar gas and grains all the way to what we see today
- Know all the intermediate steps in forming a star, planet, or moon
- Know why there is a differentiation of the solar system
- Know how and why we look for extrasolar planets
- Know what we call the extrasolar planets we find
- Know the properties of meteors, meteorites, meteoroids, comets, and asteroids
Chapter 05
- Know how the Earth went from dust cloud to what we see today
- Know the structure of the Earth and Moon
- Know the atmosphere of the Earth and Moon
- Understand how tides work and all the processes that affect them
- Know how continental drift and plate tectonics work
- Know how the surface of the Moon became what we see today
- Know what a magnetosphere is and why it is important
- Know how the moon formed and what movement we see in it now
Chapter 06
- Know the length of the day and year on the Inner Planets
- Know the mass, size, and distance from Sun of the Inner Planets
- Know the structure and atmosphere of the Inner Planets
- Know the major features of the Inner Planets
- Know what the information in the day, year, structure, atmosphere, and features tell us about the Inner Planets
Chapter 07
- Know how Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were discovered
- Know the length of the day and year on the Outer Planets
- Know the mass, size, and distance from Sun of the Outer Planets
- Know the structure and atmosphere of the Outer Planets
- Know the major features of the Outer Planets
- Know what the information in the day, year, structure, atmosphere, and features tell us about the Outer Planets
Chapter 08
- Know the properties of the Galilean Moons of Jupiter
- Know the properties of the large moons of Saturn and Neptune
- Know the properties of the medium-sized Jovian Moons
- Know how the rings of planets are formed and their properties
- Know the objects beyond Neptune that are still considered our solar system
- Know how rings form around planets and how to determine where rings can form
- Know the major rings of Saturn
- Know the reclassification of 2006 and what it means for objects in our solar system
Unit #03 = The Stars (Chapters 09 - 13)
Chapter 09
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 09
- Know the entire structure of the Sun from center all the way to the edge of our solar system
- Know the mass, size, temperature, rotation period, and luminosity of the Sun
- Know the two forces that are in balance within the Sun
- Know how energy is moved throughout the Sun
- Know the key components of the different layers of the Sun
- Know the cause of sunspots, the solar magnetism, and solar cycle of the Sun
- Know the properties and names for all of the objects that eject from the Sun
- Know the fusion reaction that is taking place in the Sun
- Understand the proton-proton chain and the solar neutrino problem
Chapter 10
- Know how to calculate distances to stars using stellar parallax
- Know the stars nearest to our Sun
- Know how to calculate the motion of a star
- Know how to calculate the brightness and luminosity of a star of known distance
- Understand how the magnitude scale works
- Know how stellar temperatures are calculated
- Know how the stellar spectra are are used
- Know how the spectral classes became what they are today
- Know the formula for the radius-luminosity-temperature relationship
- Know all the different giant and dwarf classifications
- Understand how to use an H-R Diagram including all of its regions
- Know how to calculate spectroscopic parallax
- Know the luminosity classes and what they mean
- Know how we measure binary star systems
- Know how to determine the mass of a distant star
- Understand how mass and luminosity affect the life of a star
Chapter 11
- Know the density and composition of the interstellar medium
- Know the properties of star forming regions in the universe
- Know the properties of dark dust clouds, the 21 centimeter radiation, and molecular gas clouds
- Know the first seven stages in forming a star similar to our Sun
- Know how stars of other masses end up in the main sequence or as failed stars
- Know the difference between all of the star clusters and associations
Chapter 12
- Know that we have never seen the full evolution of a single star
- Know how the 2 forces in balance determine the evolution of a star
- Know stages 8-11 of a star similar to our Sun
- Know how low mass stars die (stages 12-13, and possibly a nova)
- Know the evolution of high mass stars
- Know the different types of supernovae, what they are, and what they do
- Know how we observe stellar evolution in star clusters
- Know the entire cycle of stellar evolution
Chapter 13
- Know what a neutron star is and how they are formed
- Know what a pulsar is and how they are formed
- Know the importance of neutron stars and pulsars
- Know how binary systems of neutron stars and pulsars work
- Know the sources of X-Rays and Gamma Rays in space
- Know what a hypernova is and what it creates
- Know what a black hole is and what the escape speed of a black hole is
- Know the different parts of a black hole
- Know Einstein's theory of General Relativity
- Know Einstein's theory of Special Relativity
- Know how black holes are explained in Einstein's theories
- Know what would happen as you travel closer to a black hole
- Know the evidence that supports the existence of black holes
Unit #04 = Galaxies and the Universe (Chapters 14 - 18)
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 14
- Know what a galaxy is and the name of the one we live in.
- Know the basic structure of our galaxy
- Know how we count stars in our galaxy
- Know how we use variable stars to help determine the size and shape of our galaxy
- Know the three major parts of the galaxy and their properties
- Know how we understand the rotation of our galaxy
- Know how our galaxy formed
- Know how galaxy arms are formed and work
- Know how we calculate the mass of the galaxy
- Know what dark matter is and why it is believed to exist
- Know what the center of our galaxy looks like
Chapter 15
- Know the galaxy classifications
- Know the Hubble Sequence
- Know how galaxies are spread through the universe
- Know Hubble's Law and how it is calculated
- Know the active galaxy radiation and nuclei
- Know what Seyfert and Radio Galaxies are
- Know what blazars and quasars are
- Know what drives an active galaxy
Chapter 16
- Know how the calculated mass of galaxy leads to the theory of dark matter in the universe
- Know haw galaxy masses and visible matter lead to the thought of dark halos
- Know what intracluster gases are and how we observe it
- Know how galaxies move and that they collide with one another
- Know how galaxies form and evolve over time
- How does evidence of galaxies moving, colliding, and evolving fit with the Hubble Sequence?
- Know about black holes located in the center of galaxies
- Know what the Quasar Epoch is and what it tells us
- Know the relationship between quasars, normal galaxies, and active galaxies
- Know how the merging of various galaxy types results in the different objects
- Understand what makes a galaxy cluster
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