2. Astronomy 102/112: Introduction to Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Professor R. Somerville Fall 2001

3. Course Goals Contents of the Universe Basic physics of gravity, matter, energy and light Telescopes Our Sun and other stars Our Galaxy and other galaxies The Big Bang and dark matter

4. Course Requirements two midterms (25 percent each) final exam (25 percent) lab or discussion, homework and in-class assignments (25 percent) ‘make up’ paper possible attend lecture, think, and ask questions! minimal math

5. Office: 821 Dennison Email: rachel@astro.lsa.umich.edu Homepage: http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/~rachel/ Course webpage (syllabus): http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/~rachel/ astro112.html Some Useful Information…

6. Our Place in the Universe

7. Our Cosmic Address

8. The Solar System

9. Distance Scale of the Planets

10. The Sun

11. Mercury

12. Venus

13. Earth

14. Mars

15. The Asteroid Belt

16. Jupiter Io Europa Ganymede Callisto

17. Saturn

18. Uranus

19. Neptune

20. Pluto (and Charon)

21. Comet Hale-Bopp

22. The Closest Stars

23. Nebulae Ring Nebula Orion Nebula Horsehead Nebula

24. Our Galaxy Globular Cluster

25. The Milky Way

26. The Local Group

27. Large Magellanic Cloud

28. Small Magellanic Cloud

29. M31 – the Andromeda Galaxy

30. The Virgo Cluster M87 giant elliptical galaxy

31. Gravitational Lens

32. Nearby Spiral Galaxies

33. Edge-on Spirals

34. Hubble Deep Field

35. Distant Galaxies

37. Our Cosmic Origins…