Syllabus (pdf) Here is the syllabus (in pdf format). This does not contain the 5 cartoons that were on the paper syllabus handed out, as they were added using the xerox machine. The cartoons were just for comic relief.
Here are copies of transparencies and computer images from ASTR1504/1514 (Romanishin lecture - MWF 9:30 Spring 2011).
Friday, Jan 21 phases and rotation of moon
Monday, Jan 24 lunar and solar eclipses
Wednesday, Jan 26 celestial sphere; daily star paths across sky
Friday, Jan 28 Sun path across sky; seasons; zodiac
Monday, Jan 31 planets; Greek geocentric system; Copernicus and heliocentric system
Wednesday, Feb 2 -- OU closed due to weather
Friday, Feb 4 -- OU closed due to weather
Monday, Feb 7 Earthshine, Tycho, Kepler, ellipses, Galileo and Jupiter and Venus - stars through year
Wednesday, Feb 9 -- OU closed due to weather
Friday, Feb 11 SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR 1st EXAM; Newtons laws of motion, law of gravity, orbits, tides
Monday, Feb 14 and Wednesday Feb 16 electromagnetic radiation; speed of light; cameras ; telescopes ; CCD ; telescopes in space; radio telescopes
Friday, 18 February - Exam number 1
Monday, Feb 21 atoms ; elements ; 3 types of spectra ; neon lights ; Kelvin scale ; blackbody radiation
Wednesday, Feb 23 molecules, chemical reactions, distance and power of Sun, nuclear fission and fusion, A-bombs and H-bombs
Friday, Feb 25 score distribution ; Sun core and radiative/ convective zone ; life and death of stars ; solar activity
Monday 28 February- DVD "Life and Death of Stars"
Wednesday 2 March - DVD "Supernova"
Friday 4 March - day off- DrBill in Arizona
Monday, Mar 7 gravity vs. pressure , inverse square law, HR diagram
Wednesday, Mar 9 stellar parallax, binary stars, HR with masses
Friday, Mar 11 interstellar medium, 3 types of nebula, molecules in space
March 14- 18 = SPRING BREAK!!
Monday, Mar 21 fate of Sun ; red giant star ; planetary nebula ; white dwarf
Wednesday, Mar 23 core collapse supernova ; Crab Nebula ; pulsars and neutron remnant
March 25= *********** 2nd Midterm *******************
March 28 (Monday) Solar System intro tour
Wednesday, Mar 30 plate tectonics ; geological activity ; internal structure of Earth
Friday 1 April pictures of aliens ; my ride to Venus and back with the aliens
Monday 4 April surfaces of Mercury, Venus and Moon; Apollo program; origin of Moon
Wednesday 6 April Mars: Myths and Realities
Friday 8 April atmospheres of Venus and Earth; global warming and CO2
Monday 11 April asteroids
Wednesday 13 April Reading for exam 3 ; Jupiter and Saturn; moons (Io, Europa and Titan) ; Galileo and Cassini
Friday 15 April Gene Shoemaker- RIP ; comets
Monday 18 April comet reservoirs ; Oort Cloud; Kuiper Belt; the 8 planets; dwarf planets (Pluto and Eris)
Wednesday 20 April brief remarks of life in universe; search for exoplanets
Friday 29 April Milky Way galaxy
Monday 2 May other galaxies ; Andromeda; Hubble Deep Field ; Hubble Law
Wednesday 4 May AGNs (active galactic nuclei); radio galaxies ; quasars ; supermassive black holes
Friday 6 May cosmology ; hot big bang ; helium ; cosmic microwave background ; Earthrise over Luna (with apologies to Ansel Adams, who took the famous picture "Moonrise over Hernandez")