Astronomy 101 Syllabus
Instructor: Kim Gordon PH2 -108

Office Hours:1-2, M W & 5-6, T

(310) 9858619
(714) 5313920

gordon@deltanet.com

Lecture Topics

Laboratory Experments
  1. The Earth in Space
  2. The Celestial Sphere
  3. The Motion of Moon and Planets
  4. Constellations
  5. Deep Sky Objects
  6. The Milky Way Galaxy
  7. Light
  8. Magnitude and Distance
  9. The Moon
  1. Time and Date
  2. Star Maps & Celestial Objects
  3. SkyGlobe Computer Exercise -
    RA & Dec,Planets
  4. SkyGlobe Computer Exercise -
    Constellations & DeepSkyObjects
  5. Sun Photographs
  6. T. I. E. RemoteTelescope - Digital images
  7. Image Processing with Photoshop
  8. Internet-Online Exercise:Mars
  9. Spectrum of Hydrogen
  10. Spectral Classification
  11. Internet-Online Exercise:
    Hubble’s Law
  12. Age & Distance of Cluster

Field Trips

  1. Star , Constellation, and Messier Object Identification.
    Planetary Observation (deep sky site)
  2. Lunar Photographs and Planetary Observation (on campus)

Astronomy 101 Course Materials