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Spring 2012		  Physics 3, The Universe
Lectures & Handouts		 "Dr. Bill" Pezzaglia
Last Update: 2012May15

Lecture #  Date Link
 1  04/03/2012
(Tue)

 Topic: I. Introduction, Constellations, Angular Size
 2  04/05/2012
(Thur)

 Topic: I. Star Maps, Magnitudes, Telescopes

  • practice constellations (ppt)
  • Lecture: Telescopes [part1] [part2], new presentation (pdf)
 3  04/10/2012
(Tue)

 Topic: II. Ecliptic & Annual Motion: Calendars

  • Handout (pdf)
  • practice constellations
  • Lecture: II. Ecliptic and Annual Motion (part1) (part2), Chapter 2
  • Lab Meeting: section Ganymede
 4  04/12/2012
(Thur)

 Topic: II. Archeoastronomy

  • Lecture: II. Ecliptic and Annual Motion, starting slide #38
  • Video: Who made stonehenge
  • Lab Meeting, section Callisto
 5  04/17/2012
(Tue)

 Topic: III. Time and Dirunal Motion

  • Lecture: III. Time and Diurnal Motion (pdf)
 6  04/19/2012
(Thur)

 Topic: IV. Lunar Motion

  • Handout (pdf)
  • Lecture: IV. Lunar Motion (pdf)
 7  04/24/2012
(Tue)

 Topic: IV. Lunar Motion

  • Lecture: IV. Lunar Motion continued, start slide #56
  • Topic: V. Planetary Motion (pdf)
  • Quiz on Contellations, Telescopes, Ecliptic, Diurnal Motion
 8  04/26/2012
(Thur)

 Topic: V. Planetary Motion

  • Lecture: Planetary Motion (pdf)
 9  05/01/2012
(Tue)

 Topic: V. Planetary Motion

  • Lecture: Finish Newton and Gravity
 10  05/03/2012
(Thur)

 Topic: VI. Light and Spectra

  • Lecture: Light and Spectra (pdf)
 11  05/08/2012
(Tue)

 Topic: VII. Nuclear Physics

  • Lecture: Nuclear Physics (pdf)
  • Quiz #2 up through light and spectra
 12  05/10/2012
(Thur)

 Topic: VIII. The Sun

  • Lecture: The Sun (pdf)
  • Lecture: Astrophysics (pdf), started, covered parallax
 13  05/15/2012
(Tue)

 Topic: IX. Astrophysics

  • Handout (pdf) with sample quiz questions
  • Lecture: Astrophysics (pdf), continued
  • Lecture: Stellar Birth (draft)
 14  05/17/2012
(Thur)

 Topic: X. Stellar Birth

  • Lecture: Finish Stellar Birth (draft)
  • Lecture: Start Stellar Midlife (pdf)
 15  05/22/2012
(Tue)

 Topic: XI. Stellar Midlife

  • Lecture: Stellar Midlife (pdf)
  • Quiz #3 Nuclear, Solar, Astrophysics, Stellar Birth, nebula slides and some repeat of quiz 2 questions