Astronomy 250
Undergraduate Seminar
A one-hour survey course in Astronomy which reviews current topics of interest in the field. A required course for undergraduate departmental majors, and a course for any undergraduate interested in learning a little more about Astronomy. The exact topic varies from semester to semester.
Current Semester: Spring 2004
Topic: Extreme Astrophysics
Meets Wednesday, 4:10-5:00, in Stevenson Center 6911.
A Syllabus is available in PDF format.
Below are the web pages which have been created by the students in this class to go along with their presentations.
| Date | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 21 | Matt Stotts & Kathryn Givens |
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: Solar System Bombardment |
| Jan. 28 | Ryan Rexroth | The October 2003 Coronal Mass Ejections: Solar Activity, Solar Flares |
| Feb. 4 | Jeffrey Herbstman | Nova Cygni 1992 & SN 1994D: Novae and Thermonuclear Supernovae |
| Feb. 11 | Parker Gray | SN 1987A: Core-Collapse Supernovae |
| Feb. 18 | David Mashburn | The Crab Nebula: Pulsars & Neutron Stars |
| Feb. 25 | Hunter Darrouzet | The Cygnus Loop: Supernova Remnants |
| Mar. 3 | Ethel Neo | Cyg X-1 & Sag A*: Black Holes |
| Mar. 17 | Andrew Collazzi | Sco X-1 & SS443: Microquasars |
| Mar. 24 | Jason Greaving | GRB 990123: Gamma-Ray Bursters |
| Mar. 31 | John Harmon | M82: Starburst Galaxies |
| Apr. 7 | Jason Wallace | The Antennae: Colliding Galaxies |
| Apr. 14 | Skip Smith | 3C273: Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei |
| Apr. 21 | Jordan Smith | The Cosmic Microwave Background: The Big Bang |
Previous Semesters taught by Prof. Knop
Fall, 2001
Topic: Hot Topics in Astronomy.
Fall, 2002
Topic: The Cosmic Distance Ladder