2015年3月2日 The History of Astronomy Your teacher is abroad on a conference today, so there is no class on 2 March. However, the two student assistants (Yunfeng Chen and Zhen Guo) will be in the lecture room to answer many of your questions. They will also provide you with hand-outs ( download PDF) that contain information about the lecture course. No homework today. 2015年3月9日 The Night Sky No homework today. 2015年3月16日 The Physics of Astrophysics; Light and other forms of radiation 2015年3月23日 Telescopes and Astronomical Observing Homework 1 handed out. Please write the answers of your homework on a separate piece of paper and hand it in next week. 2015年3月30日 Gravity, Planetary Orbits, and the Sun Deadline for handing in Homework 1. 2015年4月6日 No lecture today (Qingming). 2015年4月13日 The Rocky inner planets: Mercury, Venus, and the Earth-Moon system 2015年4月20日 The Earth; the Moon, Mars, and Space Exploration 2015年4月27日 Asteroids; the Gas Giant Planets, and the Outer Solar system 2015年5月4日 No lecture today (University Day). 2015年5月11日 Interstellar Gas; The Formation and Evolution of Stars 2015年5月18日 Stellar Evolution; Planet Formation 2015年5月25日 Star clusters; Astrophysical Computer Simulations, the Milky Way 2015年6月1日 Galaxies and Cosmology 2015年6月8日 Einstein's Relativity and the Big Bang Theory 2014年5月15日 Life in the Universe Deadline for handing in your essay or research project report: (date to be decided . You can hand in the essay during the class, or you can bring it later to the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA). You can give it to Yunfeng Chen, or to Zhen Guo, or to Thijs Kouwenhoven (room 201). If we are both away, you can also give your essay to the KIAA guard, and tell him to give the essay to Thijs Kouwenhoven (柯文采). To be absolute sure that your essay is received on time, you are recommended to ALSO send an email with the essay to the teacher. Make sure that you write your name and student number on the first page of the essay. Of course, you can also hand in your essay or research project report before the deadline. Good luck!