Midterm #3:  TUESDAY, APRIL 25
NS 102 L11 and L12H
Prof. Bechtold
Spring 2006

Remember you get to drop one midterm grade.  So if you got A's on both midterm 1 and midterm 2 you may skip midterm 3.  However, you should get a copy of the exam so you can study for the final.

What will be on the Exam:

Lectures 19 up to and including The Expansion of the Universe  (Lecture 25)

•   Properties of Stars
•   The HR-Diagram
•    Star-formation
•    Evolution of a Solar Mass Star
•    The Stellar Graveyard (White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Pulsars, Black Holes, Gamma Ray Bursts)

•    The Milky Way Galaxy
•    Galaxies
•    Clusters of Galaxies
•    The Expansion of the Universe

Reading:  Remember, we don't cover everything in every chapter
  Chapter 1:  Page 18-20 (about the Hubble Law)
  Supplement 2:  Space and Time
  Supplement 3:  Spacetime and Gravity
  Chapter 15:  Properties of Stars
  Chapter 16:  Star Formation
  Chapter 17:  Evolution of Stars
  Chapter 18:  The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard
  Chapter 19:  The Milky Way
  Chapter 20:  Galaxies and the Hubble Law
  in Chapter 22:  p. 666-673:  What is the evidence for dark matter in clusters of Galaxies?
     and Section 22.3

ALSO:  Look on the class web site for summary NOTES on Stars

Homework #4:  Ages of Star Clusters


Check out the tools on the Mastering Astronomy Web site, under "Study Aides"