ASTR Courses

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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Total Enrollment	Wait List
12139	ASTR 100 - 1 Understanding the Universe	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Andrew Mann, Nathaniel Berry, Sarah Teague, Sydney Jetton	Hamilton Hall-Rm 0100	185/400	Seats filled	185/400	0/999
Description: Learn how astronomers study and understand the cosmos. Topics include motions of the Sun, Moon, and planets; planetary surfaces, interiors, and atmospheres; telescopes and spectroscopy; prospects for detecting and visiting life elsewhere; how stars are born, age, and die; black holes, dark matter, and gravitational radiation; the Milky Way Galaxy and galaxies beyond; the birth and fate of the expanding Universe. Optional laboratory: ASTR 100L. Optional field experience: ASTR 111. 3 units.
2954	ASTR 100L - 412 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	Mo 2:30PM - 4:20PM	DANIEL REICHART, Dylan Dutton, Sarah Teague	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	27/28	Seats filled	27/28	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, ASTR 100, 101, 102, or 103. Students will use UNC's global network of "Skynet" telescopes to observe planets, moons, and other solar-system objects, star-forming regions and clusters, supernova remnants, and galaxies. Through these observations and others, we will reach a better understanding of our place in the universe, and resolve common misconceptions. Topics include: seasons, the Galilean revolution, the cosmic distance ladder, the Great Debate of 1920, dark matter in our galaxy, Hubble's law, dark energy. Previously offered as ASTR 101L. 1 units.
8682	ASTR 100L - 414 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	Mo 4:40PM - 6:30PM	DANIEL REICHART, Dylan Dutton, Sydney Jetton	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	19/28	Seats filled	19/28	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, ASTR 100, 101, 102, or 103. Students will use UNC's global network of "Skynet" telescopes to observe planets, moons, and other solar-system objects, star-forming regions and clusters, supernova remnants, and galaxies. Through these observations and others, we will reach a better understanding of our place in the universe, and resolve common misconceptions. Topics include: seasons, the Galilean revolution, the cosmic distance ladder, the Great Debate of 1920, dark matter in our galaxy, Hubble's law, dark energy. Previously offered as ASTR 101L. 1 units.
2476	ASTR 100L - 416 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	Mo 6:45PM - 8:35PM	DANIEL REICHART, Dylan Dutton, Sarah Teague	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	11/28	Seats filled	11/28	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, ASTR 100, 101, 102, or 103. Students will use UNC's global network of "Skynet" telescopes to observe planets, moons, and other solar-system objects, star-forming regions and clusters, supernova remnants, and galaxies. Through these observations and others, we will reach a better understanding of our place in the universe, and resolve common misconceptions. Topics include: seasons, the Galilean revolution, the cosmic distance ladder, the Great Debate of 1920, dark matter in our galaxy, Hubble's law, dark energy. Previously offered as ASTR 101L. 1 units.
2752	ASTR 100L - 422 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	Tu 2:00PM - 3:50PM	DANIEL REICHART, Dylan Dutton, Hwan Bae	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	25/28	Seats filled	25/28	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, ASTR 100, 101, 102, or 103. Students will use UNC's global network of "Skynet" telescopes to observe planets, moons, and other solar-system objects, star-forming regions and clusters, supernova remnants, and galaxies. Through these observations and others, we will reach a better understanding of our place in the universe, and resolve common misconceptions. Topics include: seasons, the Galilean revolution, the cosmic distance ladder, the Great Debate of 1920, dark matter in our galaxy, Hubble's law, dark energy. Previously offered as ASTR 101L. 1 units.
2477	ASTR 100L - 424 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	Tu 4:00PM - 5:50PM	DANIEL REICHART, Dylan Dutton, Hwan Bae	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	23/28	Seats filled	23/28	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, ASTR 100, 101, 102, or 103. Students will use UNC's global network of "Skynet" telescopes to observe planets, moons, and other solar-system objects, star-forming regions and clusters, supernova remnants, and galaxies. Through these observations and others, we will reach a better understanding of our place in the universe, and resolve common misconceptions. Topics include: seasons, the Galilean revolution, the cosmic distance ladder, the Great Debate of 1920, dark matter in our galaxy, Hubble's law, dark energy. Previously offered as ASTR 101L. 1 units.
2955	ASTR 100L - 432 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	We 2:30PM - 4:20PM	DANIEL REICHART, Dylan Dutton, Sydney Jetton	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	19/28	Seats filled	19/28	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, ASTR 100, 101, 102, or 103. Students will use UNC's global network of "Skynet" telescopes to observe planets, moons, and other solar-system objects, star-forming regions and clusters, supernova remnants, and galaxies. Through these observations and others, we will reach a better understanding of our place in the universe, and resolve common misconceptions. Topics include: seasons, the Galilean revolution, the cosmic distance ladder, the Great Debate of 1920, dark matter in our galaxy, Hubble's law, dark energy. Previously offered as ASTR 101L. 1 units.
2478	ASTR 100L - 434 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	We 4:40PM - 6:30PM	DANIEL REICHART, Dylan Dutton	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	Seats filled	Seats filled	0/0	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, ASTR 100, 101, 102, or 103. Students will use UNC's global network of "Skynet" telescopes to observe planets, moons, and other solar-system objects, star-forming regions and clusters, supernova remnants, and galaxies. Through these observations and others, we will reach a better understanding of our place in the universe, and resolve common misconceptions. Topics include: seasons, the Galilean revolution, the cosmic distance ladder, the Great Debate of 1920, dark matter in our galaxy, Hubble's law, dark energy. Previously offered as ASTR 101L. 1 units.
10111	ASTR 110 - 001 Astrophotography of the Multi-Wavelength Universe	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	DANIEL REICHART	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0101	Seats filled	Seats filled	100/100	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, Any ASTR or PHYS course, or permission of the instructor. Students will use UNC's global network of Skynet telescopes to make color images of the moon, planets, star clusters, star-forming regions, star-death regions, and galaxies. They will also use Skynet's radio telescopes to explore the invisible universe, including pulsars, supernova remnants, and supermassive black holes. Astrophotography will be our entry point to deeper explorations of the solar system; star birth, evolution, and death; galaxy formation and evolution; and black holes and Einstein's theory of relativity. 3 units.
14625	ASTR 504 - 001 Cosmology	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Adrienne Erickcek, Alexander Sobotka	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	9/25	Seats filled	9/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, ASTR 202 or ASTR 301, and PHYS 401; pre- or corequisite, PHYS 421. An introduction to modern cosmology: the study of the contents and evolution of the universe. Covers expanding spacetime, the thermal history of the early universe, including nucleosynthesis and the cosmic microwave background, the inflationary model for the origins of cosmic structure, and the growth of that structure through time. 3 units.
10112	ASTR 511 - 001 Atomic and Radiative Processes in Astrophysics	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Igor Andreoni	Phillips Hall-Rm 0258	3/25	Seats filled	3/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, ASTR 202; Pre- or corequisite, PHYS 412. This course covers key topics in electromagnetism, radiative transport, and thermal and statistical mechanics in the context of astrophysics, such as stellar and planetary interiors and atmospheres, stellar evolution (including star formation and death), stellar populations, and the early universe. 3 units.
10114	ASTR 512 - 001 Astrophysical Dynamics	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Carl Rodriguez	Smith Bldg-Rm 0107	7/10	Seats filled	7/10	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, ASTR 202 and PHYS 201 or PHYS 401. This course provides a broad overview of astrophysical principles underlying stellar and planetary dynamics; N-body dynamics of star clusters, galaxies, and dark matter; fluid dynamics of astrophysical plasmas; and dynamics of the Universe and spacetime. 3 units.
14626	ASTR 704 - 001 Cosmology	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Adrienne Erickcek, Alexander Sobotka	TBA	3/25	Seats filled	3/25	0/999
Description: Co-requisite, PHYS 701. General relativity and cosmological world models; thermal history of the early universe, nucleosynthesis, and the cosmic microwave background; growth of structure through cosmic time. 3 units.
10113	ASTR 711 - 001 Atomic and Radiative Processes in Astrophysics	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Igor Andreoni	Phillips Hall-Rm 0258	4/25	Seats filled	4/25	0/999
Description: This course covers key topics in electromagnetism, radiative transport, and thermal and statistical mechanics in the context of astrophysics, such as stellar and planetary interiors and atmospheres, stellar evolution (including star formation and death), stellar populations, and the early universe. 3 units.
10115	ASTR 712 - 001 Astrophysical Dynamics	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Carl Rodriguez	Smith Bldg-Rm 0107	5/13	Seats filled	5/13	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 701. This course provides a broad overview of astrophysical principles underlying stellar and planetary dynamics; N-body dynamics of star clusters, galaxies, and dark matter; fluid dynamics of astrophysical plasmas; and dynamics of the Universe and spacetime. 3 units.