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.
Main fields of studies for MISMaP
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Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
K_W01 – advanced knowledge and understanding of the fundamental laws and concepts of astronomy and astrophysics
K_W02 – advanced knowledge and understanding of basic astronomical objects and the laws governing them, as well as the constituents of matter and their interactions from the subatomic to the astronomical scale
Skills
K_U01 – ability to use higher mathematics in the description and modelling of basic astrophysical phenomena and processes
Social Competences
K_K01 – readiness for lifelong learning
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
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes: