1. ASTRONOMY 310 INSTRUCTOR: HARVEY RICHER HEBB THEATRE MWF 12:00 – 12:50

2. A310 COURSE INFORMATION l Web Site www.astro.ubc.ca/people/richer/A310 l Required Materials l Grades ä ALL COURSE INFO AT THAT SITE ä ALSO USE WebCT FOR GRADES AND SELF-HELP QUIZZES ä Text: Voyages to the Planets: third edition by Fraknoi, Morrison & Wolff ä Final exam: 40% (regular exam period) ä Midterm: 20% (Dates Feb 4, March 14) ä I expect that all exams will be multiple choice ä Sky Quiz – held at Planetarium 20% ä 2 assignments 5% each total 10% ä Attendance at tutorials: up to 10%, 2% for each one

3. A310 COURSE INFORMATION A310 COURSE INFORMATION TAs Chris Cameron ccameron@astro.ubc.ca Melanie Gendre mgendre@physics.ubc.ca Laura Kasian kasian@physics.ubc.ca Lectures and Tutorials Lectures: MWF 12:00 Hebb Theatre Tutorials: as registered. Alternate weeks beginning Jan 10 Hennings 312 For Help H. Richer Henn 306 Tuesday, Thursday 10-11 TAs Henn 312 back room at times listed on Website

4. FLASHCARDFLASHCARD IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM HOW MANY KNOWN PLANETS ARE THERE? A) 7 B) 8 C) 9 D) 10

7. COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION

8. Galaxy Cluster

9. DISTRIBUTION of GALAXIES

10. HUBBLE DEEP FIELD

11. NEARBY GALAXIES

12. Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

13. Large Magellanic Cloud Small Magellanic Cloud

14. M83

15. INFRARED MILKY WAY GALAXY

16. MILKY WAY GALAXY

17. FLASHCARDFLASHCARD HOW MANY STARS ARE THERE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM? A) An uncounted number B) About 100 Billion C) 9 that we know of D) 1

18. MILKY WAY GALAXY

19. Looking Down on the Solar System

20. The Solar System in Perspective

21. OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

23. Scale of the Universe