| 151f Stars and Stellar Systems An introductory survey of modern solar, stellar, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy for students of both science and non-science backgrounds. Basic astronomical concepts and recent discoveries will be treated from an astrophysical point of view.
Three credit hours. N. CAMPBELL
213f Astronomy since 1609 Listed as Science, Technology, and Society 213.
Four credit hours. N. FLEMING
[231] Introduction to Astrophysics Theoretical topics include celestial mechanics, continuous and line spectra, stellar structure and nucleosynthesis, and stellar evolution. Observational topics include planning observations, acquisition of images with a CCD electronic camera at the Collins Observatory, and fundamentals of astronomical image processing, photometry, and stellar spectroscopy using IPLab in the Mac environment and IRAF in the UNIX environment. Open to all students interested in science who have a working knowledge of calculus. Five required telescope labs are held on clear nights selected by the instructor, so students must be available Monday through Thursday evenings. Lecture and laboratory.
Four credit hours. N.
491f, 492s Independent Study One to four credit hours. FACULTY
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