Astronomy WM-FI-S1-E3-ASTRO
- https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=32347
- https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=25681#section-1 (term 2021/22_Z)
- https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=38216 (term 2023/24_Z)
- https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=38216 (term 2024/25_Z)
1. Apparent motion of the sky, Earth’s rotation and orbital motion, the seasons.
2. Calendar. Angular co-ordinates in geography and in astronomy; declination and right ascension,
3. Sun-Earth-Moon system; orbits, distances, eclipses, tidal forces.
4. Past and present concepts on the Solar System structure. Stellar aberration, stellar parallax and the Doppler effect as final proofs of the heliocentric hypothesis.
5. Some aplications of Kepler's laws. Physics of space travel.
6. Earth as a planet.
7. Planets and their satellites.
8. Astronomical instruments.
9. Origin of the Solar System. Interplanetary medium, comets, extrasolar planets.
10. Sun as a star.
11. The Big Bang as an onset of the nucleosynthesis, the cosmic microwave background radiation.
12. The H-R diagram, stellar classification, stellar evolution.
13. Distances to stars, stellar masses and proper motions.
14. Interstellar gas and dust.
15. Extragalactic astronomy.
Assessment methods:
Midterm test (written, 40% of the final score)
Final exam (oral, 60% of the final score)
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Term 2022/23_Z:
1. Astronomy as Natural Science |
Term 2023/24_Z:
1. Astronomy as Natural Science |
Term 2024/25_Z:
1. Astronomy as Natural Science |
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się
(in Polish) E-Learning
Term 2021/22_Z: (in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy | Term 2024/25_Z: (in Polish) E-Learning | Term 2023/24_Z: (in Polish) E-Learning | Term 2022/23_Z: (in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy | Term 2020/21_Z: (in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy |
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS
Term 2023/24_Z: (in Polish) uczestnictwo w zajęciach: 60 h
przygotowanie do zajęć: 40 h
przygotowanie do weryfikacji: 40 h
konsultacje z prowadzącym: 40 h
| Term 2024/25_Z: (in Polish) uczestnictwo w zajęciach: 60 h
przygotowanie do zajęć: 40 h
przygotowanie do weryfikacji: 40 h
konsultacje z prowadzącym: 40 h
| Term 2022/23_Z: (in Polish) uczestnictwo w zajęciach: 30 h
przygotowanie do zajęć: 20 h
przygotowanie do weryfikacji: 20 h
konsultacje z prowadzącym: 20 h
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Assessment criteria
Home work / test/ oral egzam
Practical placement
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Bibliography
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Term 2022/23_Z:
Astronomy Opens Stax 2018 https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy --- L. Oster, Modern Astronomy, Holden-Day, San Francisco, 1973 |
Term 2023/24_Z:
Astronomy Opens Stax 2018 https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy --- L. Oster, Modern Astronomy, Holden-Day, San Francisco, 1973 |
Term 2024/25_Z:
Astronomy Opens Stax 2018 https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy --- L. Oster, Modern Astronomy, Holden-Day, San Francisco, 1973 |
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