ASTR Courses

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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Wait List
14362	ASTR 100 - 1 Understanding the Universe	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Colin Wallace	Hamilton Hall-Rm 0100	376/400 (400 total)	Seats filled	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.
3180	ASTR 100L - 412 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	Mo 2:30PM - 4:20PM	DANIEL REICHART	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	29/32 (32 total)	Seats filled	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.
9381	ASTR 100L - 414 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	Mo 4:40PM - 6:30PM	DANIEL REICHART	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	30/32 (32 total)	Seats filled	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.
2676	ASTR 100L - 416 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	Mo 6:45PM - 8:35PM	DANIEL REICHART	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	28/32 (32 total)	Seats filled	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.
2963	ASTR 100L - 422 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	Tu 2:00PM - 3:50PM	DANIEL REICHART	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	28/32 (32 total)	Seats filled	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.
2677	ASTR 100L - 424 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	Tu 4:00PM - 5:50PM	DANIEL REICHART	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	29/32 (32 total)	Seats filled	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.
3181	ASTR 100L - 432 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	We 2:30PM - 4:20PM	DANIEL REICHART	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	31/32 (32 total)	Seats filled	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.
2679	ASTR 100L - 434 Astronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space	We 4:40PM - 6:30PM	DANIEL REICHART	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	30/32 (32 total)	Seats filled	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.
11107	ASTR 110 - 001 Astrophotography of the Multi-Wavelength Universe	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	DANIEL REICHART	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0101	85/100 (100 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, ASTR 100, 101, 102, 103, or 111; Pre- or corequisite, PHYS 117 or 119; Permission of the instructor for students lacking the pre- or co-requisites. Students will use UNC's global network of "Skynet" telescopes to make color images of planets, star clusters, star-forming 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 planets of our solar system; star birth, evolution, and death; galaxy formation and evolution; and black holes and Einstein's theory of relativity. 3 units.
14361	ASTR 502 - 001 Modern Research in Astrophysics	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Nicholas Law	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	22/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, ASTR 202. A capstone research experience introducing modern data-analysis techniques for large astronomical surveys. Students undertake guided research projects with a different theme each semester. The course focuses on real astrophysical discovery of new objects, events and phenomena. 3 units.
11111	ASTR 511 - 001 Atomic and Radiative Processes in Astrophysics	MoWeFr 2:30PM - 3:20PM	Andrew Mann	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	2/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	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.
11112	ASTR 711 - 001 Atomic and Radiative Processes in Astrophysics	MoWeFr 2:30PM - 3:20PM	Andrew Mann	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	3/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	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.