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Astronomy
Term : Fall 2025
Catalog Year : 2025-2026

AST 180 - Introduction To Astronomy


Description: Diurnal motion, motion of solar system objects on the background of stars, light rays and spectra, the planets, Kepler's laws, space travel, coordinates and time, the moon and eclipses, meteors, comets and the sun, stars, stellar distances and stellar evolution, galactic structure, galaxies, quasars, and the big bang universe. Letter grade only.

Units: 3

Sections offered: Spring 2025 Summer 2025 Fall 2025

Course Attributes:
  • GS: Science Lit - Natural Sciences
  • LS: Science and Applied Science