Astronomy I 1100-1A11
B>Program:
1. Historical introduction (to the beginning of the 20th century) - Ptolemy's system; Copernican system; Kepler's laws; aberration and parallax of stars; the nature of spiral nebulae; the escape of galaxies
2. Carriers of information about the Universe - electromagnetic radiation and the influence of the atmosphere on its observations; dust, meteorites and space probes; neutrinos; gravitational waves (?)
3. Cosmography (types of objects, distances, sizes, distribution) - Solar System; stars; Galaxy; galaxies, their systems, distribution; approximate uniformity and isotropy of the galaxy distribution; quasars; cosmic microwave background radiation
4. Solar System objects - planets and their structure; moons; small bodies (asteroids, comets, meteoroids, dust)
5. Stars - masses, sizes, temperatures, luminosities, chemical composition; qualitative description of the internal structure and the processes occurring there; qualitative description of evolution; white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes
6. Stellar systems - binary systems - basic types; star clusters
7. Interstellar matter - gas and its phases; dust; magnetic fields
8. Galaxy structure - stellar subsystems; stellar motions; distribution of interstellar matter
9. Galaxy types - morphological (E, S0, S, Irr); activity types (radio galaxies, Seyfert galaxies, quasars)
10. Galaxy systems - groups, the Local Group; clusters; superclusters and voids
11. The Universe - Hubble's law; qualitative description of the thermal evolution of the Universe; connection with high-energy physics, primordial nucleosynthesis, cosmic microwave background radiation.
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge: The student knows and understands what astronomy is, knows basic facts about the history of astronomy, is familiar with observational methods, knows what stars, planets, galaxies and their structures are, knows how stars are built and evolve, and knows when the known Universe was formed and how it is expanding.
Skills: The student can describe the geocentric and heliocentric systems, identify methods for studying astrophysical objects, describe the objects of the Solar System and the structure of the Galaxy, and explain how we know how the Universe evolves.
Social skills: The student is prepared to discuss the goals and methods of astronomy and to share their knowledge with others.
Assessment criteria
Lectures are graded based on a written test. Lecture exercises are graded based on attendance, homework, and a final colloquium
Bibliography
Due to the original nature of the course, the materials available are primarily those prepared by the instructor.
Related literature:
General Astronomy – Kartunnen et al.
Galaxies, Stars, Life – Frank Shu:
General Astronomy – Eugeniusz Rybka:
Additional information
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