Physics 150/155: Introductory Astronomy
SUNY Cortland
Fall 2021
Homework| Due | Reading | Problems | Posted |
| Due | Reading | Problems | Posted |
| Aug. 31 | Aug. 31 | ||
| Sept. 2 | Chapter 1 sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.5-1.9 Chapter 2 sections 2.1-2.4 | Sept. 1 | |
| Sept. 7 | We talked about parts of Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 section1 | Sept. 9 | |
| Sept. 9 | We discussed 3.1-3.4 | Start long term observation project. See details here and observation log here. | Sept. 9 |
| Sept. 14 | Chapter 4.1-4.5 | Sept. 9 | |
| Sept. 16 | Chapter 4.6-4.7, 5.1-5.3 | From Chapter 2 18, 25, 29, 39 From Chapter 3 6, 9, 13, 14, 22, 25, 38 | Sept. 9 |
| Sept. 21 | Chapter 5.4-5.6 | Sept. 16 | |
| Sept. 23 | Chapter 6.1-6.4 | From Chapter 4 8, 12, 14, 15, 28 and the following: Make a sketch of the earth, moon, and sun. On the same diagram show the location of the moon at new moon, 1st quarter, full, and 3rd quarter. Label which is which. | Sept. 16 |
| Sept. 28 | We discussed telescopes | Sept. 28 | |
| Sept. 30 | Chapter 7 | Sept. 28 | |
| Oct. 5 | Chapter 8 | From Chapter 5 1, 5, 12, 22, 27, 30, 31, 32, 45, and Calculate the energy of one UV photon with 170nm wavelength Chapter 6 2, 6, 7, 9, 13, 28, 29 | Sept. 28 |
| Oct. 7 | Review and Chapter 9 | Sept. 28 | |
| Oct. 12 | Exam #1 | Long term observation project due, details here. | Sept. 9 |
| Oct. 14 | Chapter 9 | Oct. 26 | |
| Oct. 19 | Fall Break | ||
| Oct. 21 | Chapter 10-through 10.3 | Sept. 28 | |
| Oct. 26 | Chapter 10.4-10.5 | Oct. 26 | |
| Oct. 28 | Chapter 11 | Oct. 26 | |
| Nov. 2 | Chapter 12 | From Chapter 7: 7.15; From Chapter 8: 8.2, 8.8, 8.10, 8.13; From Chapter 9: 9.1, 9.3, 9.6, and the following question: What is Theia and how does it relate to the moon? | Sept. 28 |
| Nov. 4 | Review and Chapter 15 | From Chapter 10: 10.2, 10.8, 10.10,
10.13, and the question: What evidence do we have that there was
once water on Venus? From Chapter 11: 11.3, 11.10, 11.17, 11.20 and this question: What are the white clouds on Jupiter made from and what is happening in the atmosphere where they form? | Sept. 28 |
| Nov. 9 | Chapter 16 section 2 | Nov. 18 | |
| Nov. 11 | Exam 2-corrected date | Nov. 18 | |
| Nov. 16 | Chapter 16 section 3 and Chapter 17 | Nov. 18 | |
| Nov. 18 | Chapter 18 sections 1 and 4, Chapter 19 | Nov. 18 | |
| Nov. 23 | Chapter 21 sections 1 and 2 and Chapter 22 | Nov. 18 | |
| Nov. 25 | Thanksgiving | Nov. 18 | |
| Nov. 30 | Chapter 23 | Papers and Presentation today | Nov. 18 |
| Dec. 2 | Chapters 24 and 25 | TBA | Nov. 18 |
| Dec. 7 | Chapters 26 and 27 | Nov. 18 | |
| Dec. 9 | Chapters 28 and 29 | Chapter 15: 15.3, 15.23 Chapter 16: 16.11, 16.12, 16.29, 16.30 Chapter 17: 17.1, 17.2, 17.6, 17.10, 17.13 Chapter 18: 9, circle the stars in this graph Chapter 19: 19.1, 19.2 and Kapteyn's star has a parallax angle of 0.2547 arc seconds-how far away from earth is it in light years? Chapter21: 21.4, 21.7 Chapter 22: 22.2, 22.3, 22.15 Chapter 23: 23.2, 23.3, 23.16, 23.18 | Dec. 3 |
| Dec. 15 | FinalExam 11am-1pm . |