Sky coordinates and motions: Earth Rotation – Sky coordinates – seasons – phases of the Moon – the Moon's orbit and eclipses – timekeeping (sidereal vs synodic period).

Planetary motions – Kepler's Laws – Gravity. Light & Energy – Telescopes – Optics – Detectors.

Planets: Formation of Solar System – planet types – planet atmospheres – extrasolar planets.

Stars: Measuring stellar characteristics (temperature, distance, luminosity, mass, size) – HR diagram – stellar structure (equilibrium, nuclear reactions, energy transport) – stellar evolution.

Galaxies: Our Milky Way – Galactic structure – Galactic rotation – Galaxy types – Galaxy formation.

Cosmology: Expansion of the Universe – redshifts – supernovae – the Big Bang – history of the Universe – fate of the Universe.

Same as textbook