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Introduction
Equatorial coordinates and sidereal time
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Galactic coordinates
Distances to stars
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Magnitudes (apparent and absolute) and color indices |
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Spectral classification
The Kepler problem
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Parametric solution to Kepler |
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Masses of stars
Mass radius relation
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Guest lecture: Mass measurements for exoplanets and our black hole |
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Guest lecture: Telescopes |
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Polytropic stars |
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Classical and quantum statistics
The Saha equation
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Equations of state
Application of Lane-Emden solution: White dwarfs
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Simple results for the sun and other stars |
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Radiative transport |
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Opacities
Scaling laws
Convection
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Energy generation
Coulomb penetration factor
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Nuclear "burning" in the sun and other stars |
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Evolution of stars of low, intermediate and high mass |
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Stellar atmospheres |
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Lines in stellar atmospheres |
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In-class exam |
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Introduction to the interstellar medium |
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Photoionized nebulae (H II regions and planetaries) |
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Supernovae and shocks |
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Adiabatic supernova shocks |
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Galaxy morphology |
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Quantifiable properties of galaxies
Collisional relaxation times
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Collisionless Boltzmann equation (cartesian) and its moments |
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Boltzmann and the 4 jeans equations (spherical) |
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Galaxy disks: Rotation and epicyclic motion |
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Galaxy models: Potentials, orbits, and distribution functions |
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Clusters of galaxies |
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Evidence for the expansion and homegeneity of the universe
Newtonian derivation of Friedmann universe
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Galaxy formation |
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Friedman-Robertson-Walker metric |
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Friedman equation with radiation and other stuff |
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Supernovae and cosmic acceleration |
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Recombination and helium production |
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Fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background |
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