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7318 (v.5) Astronomy 101



 

Area:Department of Applied Physics
Contact Hours:2.0
Credits:12.5
Lecture:2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Telescopes and observatories. The stars - distances, motions, clusters, binary stars. The birth, life and death of stars - main sequence, red giants, white dwarfs, neutron stars and quasars, black holes. Galaxies. Nebulae. Cosmology - big bang or steady state. Practical sessions using the Questar telescope.

 
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