Modern Astronomy, Fall 2024
This course is an introduction to astronomy for non-majors at PKU. We
will discuss galactic astronomy, including stars and exoplanets,
galaxy structure and formation, the Big Bang and Cosmology, and our
own Solar System.
The syllabus is here.
We do not use a textbook, but the free openstax textbook is an
excellent resource.
Class 1
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Class 2
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Class 3
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Class 4
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Class 5
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Class 6
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Class 7
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Class 8
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Class 9
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Class 10
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Class 11
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Class 12
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Class 13
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Class 14
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Homework 2, due Sept 18 at 5pm
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File for Problem 3: Gaia data of Pleiades
File for Problem 4: Video of orbits of HR 8799 planets
Homework 3, due Oct 10 at 1pm
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File for Problem 4: Data from Hubble (1929)
File for Problem 5: JWST Deep Field
Homework 4, due Nov 28 at 1pm
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File for Problem 3: Global Temperatures (through 2019)
File for Problem 3: CO2 atmospheric concentration (through 2019)
File for Problem 3: Sunspot record (through 2019)
Oral report 1, due Oct 24 at 1pm
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Oral report 2, due Dec 6 at 1pm
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