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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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第1週 |
2/20 |
Course info
Overview
-- The scope of Astronomy
Coordinates and Times
-- How do we describe the positions of astronomical objects? |
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第2週 |
2/27 |
Measuring Light:
-- How do we measure light from outer space?
-- How do we describe and characterize light? |
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第3週 |
3/05 |
Select topics on orbital mechanics
For example:
-- How to move satellites between orbits?
-- Lagrange points
-- Resonance orbit |
|
第4週 |
3/12 |
Stars
-- The interior structure
-- Nuclear fusion
-- Convection
-- Stellar atmosphere |
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第5週 |
3/19 |
Stars
-- The life of stars |
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第6週 |
3/26 |
Interstellar medium and star formation
-- How stars form
-- The cooling and heating of gas
-- Gas in galaxies |
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第7週 |
4/02 |
Interstellar medium and star formation
-- How stars form
-- The cooling and heating of gas
-- Gas in galaxies |
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第8週 |
4/09 |
Mid-term exam |
|
第9週 |
4/16 |
Interstellar medium and star formation
-- Formation of planet: a descriptive story
-- How do we find planets outside our solar system?
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|
第10週 |
4/23 |
Galaxies
-- What is a galaxy?
-- What are the things in galaxies?
-- The Milky Way
-- Observational facts of galaxies
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|
第11週 |
4/30 |
Galaxies
-- Supermassive Black Hole and Active Galactic Nuclei
-- Evolution of galaxies |
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第12週 |
5/07 |
Cosmology
-- Why do we know/say that our Universe is expanding?
-- What are dark matter and dark Energy? |
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第13週 |
5/14 |
Cosmology and Large-scale structure
-- Dark matter halos
-- Galaxy cluster
-- Galaxies in a cosmological context |
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第14週 |
5/21 |
Distance
-- How do we measure distances to astronomical objects across a scale of >10^15? |
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第15週 |
5/28 |
The research frontiers
-- A brief introduction to (selected) astronomical fields of research
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