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Latest news

June 27: I have posted the answers to all of the tutorials on the handouts page. The links are next to the link for each tutorial. I've also posted one extra credit option at the end of the handouts page. AND, I've posted the Final Review Sheet. Stay tuned: I will post the answers to exam 1 and 2 soon...

Astronomy Links

• Astronomy Pic of the Day
• The Spitzer Space Telescope
• Hubble Heritage
• Mars Rovers
• Bad Astronomy

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Welcome to Astronomy 1001/1005!

Lecturer: Martha Boyer
Office: 369 Physics / 612-626-1811
Email: mboyer@astro.umn.edu
Office Hours: MTh 11am - 12pm
Lecture Time: MWF 9:05 - 11:00 am
Lecture Location: 166 Physics

About this Course

Astronomy is a subject of many hats: it inspires the humanities and combines scientific techniques and ideas from physics, geology, chemistry, and biology. This course is an introductory astronomy course for non-science majors. It serves as a prerequisite to astronomy majors while also fulfilling the physical lab and environmental requirements of the University of Minnesota. In this course, we will cover a breadth of astronomy topics and also discuss general science practices.