Sterl,

here is a proposed syllabus for Ay 154.	We can deliberate more
about the relative emphasis, mergers, and takeovers.
							Geo.

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Astronomy 154: Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy
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Distance Determinations Within The Galaxy			1
Stellar Populations Concept, Summary				1
Kinematics and Metallicity Distributions			1
Luminosity and Mass Functions (Stars)				1
Galactic Structure from Star Counts, Models			1
Mass Distribution in the Galaxy, Oort Limit			1
Age-Dating of Star Clusters and the Galaxy,			
    Chem. Evolution (Disk, Clusters, Halo)			1
ELBS Picture of the Galaxy Form., and the Modern Work		1
Galactic Halo, Bulge and the Center				1
Basic Eqs. of Stellar Dynamics: Botzmann, Vlasov,	 
    F-P, Liouville, Jeans Thm.					2
Relaxation Processes and Time Scales				1
Star Cluster Models, Isothermal Spheres				1
Dynamical Evolution of Star Clusters, Core Collapse,
    Tidal Shocks, Dyn. Friction, Dispersal of Disk Cl.		2
Spiral Density Waves and Resonances, Bar Instability		1
Classification and Morphology of Galaxies, Catalogs,			
    Basic Data, Luminosity Fn.					1
Structural Properties, Surface Br. Distrib., Photometry		1
Spectroscopic Properties, Colors, Metallicities,
    Internal Motions						1
Rotation Curves, Methods of Mass Determination				
    (Binary G., Groups, Clusters)				1
Important Scaling Laws and Their Uses and Implications		
    (e.g., T-F Relation, R-sig-mu, Mass-Z, etc.)		1
Galaxy Families: Dwarfs vs. Giants, Bulges vs. Disks,
    the Meaning of the Hubble Seq., Rates and 
    Histories of Star Formation					2
Basic Clustering Properties, Morphology-Density Rel.		1
Groups, Clusters, and Superclusters, LSS Topology, 
    and the Large-Scale Velocity Field				2
Summary of the Evidence for the Hidden Mass			1
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							Total  27


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Astronomy 155: High-Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology
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Extragalactic Radio-Sources					2
Jets and Beaming						2
Active Galactic Nuclei, Quasars					4
Intergalactic Medium, Cluster X-Ray Gas				2
Isotropy, Homogeneity, and the R-W Metric			1
Kinematics, Propagation of Light Rays, Hubble Diag.		1
Dynamical Friedman Eq., and its 3 Solutions			1
Distance Scale Review, H_0					1
Cosmological Parameters: q_0, Omega_0, Lambda_0			2
Standard Big Bang, Nucleosynthesis, Recombination,	
    Microwave (and other?) Background(s)			3
Galaxy Formation						2
Galaxy Evolution, Mergers					1
Supernovae							1
Mass Transfer Binaries, Accretion, Evolution, 	
    X-Rays, CV's						2
Pulsars								1
Stellar Remnants: WD's, Neutron Stars, Black Holes		1
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							Total  27


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Astronomy 153: Astronomical Instruments
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Units, Nomenclature, Intensity, Flux, 
    Spectral Line Index, etc.					1
Atmospheric and Galactic Transm. Windows, Extinction		1
Statistical and Numerical Techniques				4
Diffraction from an Aperture, Gain Pattern, Huygens
    Principle, Spatial Frequency, Spatial Filters		1
Interferometry: Aperture Synthesis, UV Plane, Speckle		2
Seeing at Radio and Optical Wavelengths, Scintillation		1
Optics at IR to X-Ray Wavelengths				1
Detectors (General), Quantum Efficiency, Shot Noise, NEP	1
Imaging Techniques at All Wavelengths				1
Nyquist Sampling Theorem, Weighting				1
Heterodyne Receivers						1
Receiver Temperatures, Radiometry Eq.				1
Optical Detectors: CCD's thru Plates				2
IR Detectors: Arrays, Bolometers, etc.				1
Photometry Systems: Optical, IR					1
Spectrometers: Grating, Prisms, FTS, Filter Banks,
    Fabry-Perot, Autocorrelators, A/O Spectrometers		2
Spectrophotometry and Velocity Measurements			1
Stokes Parameters and Polarimetry at All Wavelengths		1
Image Processing: Aperture Synthesis, VLBI, Stellar 
    and Surface Photometry					2
Image Enhancement and Restoration (MEM, Wiener Filt., etc.)	1
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							Total  27