Astro 480 -- Nebulae, Galaxies, and Cosmology

Astro 480 -- Nebulae, Galaxies, and Cosmology

Upper division undergraduate class on extragalactic astronomy, including emission line spectroscopy, the structure and evolution of galaxies, the physics of active galactic nuclei, and observational cosmology.

 Class Time:  T,Th 1:00 - 2:15

 Class Room:  541 Davey Lab

 Class URL:  http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/rbc/astro480.html


 Professor:  Robin Ciardullo  T.A.:  Helene Marie Flohic
 Office:  519 Davey Lab  Office:  532 Davey Lab
 Office Hours: T,Th 2:30-3:45 or any other time   Office Hours: T,Th 11:15-12:10, W 2:50-3:50
 Phone:  865-6601   Phone:  863-7948 
 e-mail:  rbc@astro.psu.edu   e-mail:  flohic@astro.psu.edu 


Your grade in this class will be based on

Homework 45%
Exams 35%
Paper/Telescope Proposal     20%



CLASS NOTES

(in Acroread (pdf) format)
Theoretical Cosmology

The Distance Scale and the Hubble Constant Galaxies and Galaxy Evolution Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae


Homework Assignments

(in Acroread (pdf) format)

Proposal Form Files

Below is the form on which you should write your telescope proposal. The official form is in LaTeX format, but you can compose your proposal any way you like, and then cut and paste and/or type the material onto the form. For those of you who know how to use LaTeX, there are two .sty files that you must copy into your directory in order to compose the document. These are also listed below.

Proposal LaTeX form

Style file "prop.sty" needed for LaTeX

Style file "art11.sty" needed for LaTeX

Proposal form in .pdf format

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