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Astronomy 021 General Astronomy

A general survey of astronomy including: the solar system and its constituents; stars, their basic properties and evolution; systems of stars including clusters, the milky way, and other galaxies; the universe, its past, present and future structure; astronomical instruments; topics of current interest including pulsars, quasars, black holes.

Antirequisite: Astronomy 020.
3 lecture hours.


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