Astronomy 021 General Astronomy |
A general survey of astronomy including: the solar system and its constituents; stars, their basic properties and evolution; systems of stars including clusters, the milky way, and other galaxies; the universe, its past, present and future structure; astronomical instruments; topics of current interest including pulsars, quasars, black holes. |
Antirequisite: Astronomy 020. |
3 lecture hours. |
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