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Click on the links below to
get audio files of past lectures.
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August 22, 2011
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Introduction to Class
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August 24, 2011
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The Nature of Science
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August 29, 2011
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Ancient Astronomy
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August 31, 2011
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Galileo and Newton
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September 6, 2011
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The Nature of Light
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September 8, 2011
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Electromagnetic Radiation
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September 13, 2011
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The Nature of Matter
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September 15, 2011
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Spectroscopy
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September 22, 2011
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The Sun
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September 27, 2011
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Sunspots
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September 29, 2011
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Nuclear Fusion
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October 4, 2011
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Parallax and Magnitude
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October 6, 2011
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Distance Modulus and
Temperature
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October 11, 2011
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The Hertzsprung-Russell
Diagram
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October 13, 2011
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Stellar Masses
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October 20. 2011
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Star Formation
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October 25. 2011
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The Evolution of Stars
like the Sun
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October 27. 2011
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Stars More Massive than
the Sun
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November 1. 2011
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Exploding stars
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November 3, 2011
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Supernovae and Neutron
Stars
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November 8, 2011
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Pulsars
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November 10, 2011
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Black Holes
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November 15, 2011
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Star Clusters
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November 17, 2011
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The Milky Way Galaxy
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November 22, 2011
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Hubble and the Galaxies
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November 29, 2011
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Galaxy Formation
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December 1, 2011
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Quasars and the Hubble
Relation
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December 6, 2011
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Cosmology
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