Astro 1050
Sep. 5, 2003
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A Little More about Scientific Notation, Units,
and the Scale of the Universe
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How we name and start to classify stars
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*Constellations*, Magnitudes
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How the stars move across the sky
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The celestial sphere
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Reading:
For Today:
Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Appendix A
For Mon. :
Ch. 3
Next week: Homework on WebCT and Lab begins