Astro C10 / LS C70U Introduction to General Astronomy
03:00-4:00 PM | Auditorium Wheeler
Instructor Filippenko
Astro 10: General Astronomy - Fall 2005. A description of modern astronomy with emphasis on the structure and evolution of stars, galaxies, and the Universe. Additional topics optionally discussed include quasars, pulsars, black holes, and extraterrestrial communication, etc. Individual instructor's synopses available from the department. Streaming video of this course at webcast.berkeley.edu/courses (under Archived Semesters / Fall 2005).
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03:00 PM - 04:00 PM PST | Classes begin 10 minutes after scheduled start time.
|  | | | Mon 8/29 | A Grand Tour of the Cosmos |
| | | | Wed 8/31 | Journey Through Space and Time |
| | | | Fri 9/2 | The Supreme Informant |
| | | | Mon 9/5 | Labor Day |
| | | | Wed 9/7 | Blackbody Radiation |
| | | | Fri 9/9 | The Fingerprints of Atoms |
| | | | Mon 9/12 | Tools of the Trade |
| | | | Wed 9/14 | Lunar Phases and Glorious Eclipses |
| | | | Fri 9/16 | Celestial Phenomena |
| | | | Mon 9/19 | The Copernican Revolution |
| | | | Wed 9/21 | On the Shoulders of Giants |
| | | | Fri 9/23 | The Earth: Our Home |
| | | | Mon 9/26 | The Moon, Mercury, and Venus |
| | | | Wed 9/28 | Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn |
| | | | Fri 9/30 | Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto |
| | | | Sat 10/1 | Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe (Homecoming Lecture) |
| | | | Mon 10/3 | Comets and Solar-System Debris |
| | | | Wed 10/5 | Catastrophic Collisions |
| | | | Fri 10/7 | Midterm I |
| | | | Mon 10/10 | Extra-Solar Planets; Our Sun |
| | | | Wed 10/12 | Stars: Distant Suns |
| | | | Fri 10/14 | Social Stars: Binaries and Clusters |
| | | | Mon 10/17 | How Stars Shine: Cosmic Furnaces |
| | | | Wed 10/19 | The Fate of Our Sun |
| | | | Fri 10/21 | Exploding Stars: Celestial Fireworks! |
| | | | Mon 10/24 | The Corpses of Massive Stars |
| | | | Wed 10/26 | Hearts of Darkness |
| | | | Fri 10/28 | The Quest for Black Holes |
| | | | Mon 10/31 | The Milky Way and Other Galaxies |
| | | | Wed 11/2 | The Dark Side of Matter |
| | | | Fri 11/4 | The Expansion of the Universe |
| | | | Mon 11/7 | Midterm II |
| | | | Wed 11/9 | Quasars--Cosmic Powerhouses |
| | | | Fri 11/11 | Veterans' Day |
| | | | Mon 11/14 | In the Belly of the Beast |
| | | | Wed 11/16 | Cosmology and the Dark Night Sky |
| | | | Fri 11/18 | The Age of the Universe |
| | | | Mon 11/21 | The Geometry of the Universe |
| | | | Wed 11/23 | Einstein's Biggest Blunder? |
| | | | Fri 11/25 | Thanksgiving Holiday |
| | | | Mon 11/28 | Echoes of the Big Bang |
| | | | Wed 11/30 | The Contents of the Universe |
| | | | Fri 12/2 | In the Beginning |
| | | | Mon 12/5 | The Ultimate Free Lunch? |
| | | | Wed 12/7 | A "Multiverse"? The Search for Life |
| | | | Fri 12/9 | Interstellar Travel; Conclusion |
