Ay 124 - Winter 2011 - Class Schedule

Date      Inst  Topic
Fri Jan 7   G   Introduction, history, coord. syst., Galactic distance scale
Wed Jan 12  R   Stellar populations, stellar IMF and LF
Thu Jan 13  G   Star counts, Galactic structure models
Mon Jan 17      No class - MLK day 
Fri Jan 21  G   Stellar dynamics, star clusters
Mon Jan 24  G   Galactic kinematics, part 1
Fri Jan 28  G   Galactic kinematics, part 2
Mon Jan 31  R   Structure of the Milky Wy, Gal. bulge and bar
Fri Feb 4   R   Formation of the Milky Way, age meas., chemical abundances
Mon Feb 7   G   Hubble sequence, classif., structure, formation scenarios
Fri Feb 11  G   Elliptical galaxies
Mon Feb 14  R   Spiral galaxies
Fri Feb 18  R   Environmental processes
Mon Feb 21      No class - President's day
Fri Feb 25  R   Galaxy formation & evolution, part 1
Mon Feb 28  R   Galaxy formation & evolution, part 2
Fri Mar 4   R   Galaxy formation & evolution, part 3
Mon Mar 7   G   Galaxy scaling relations