The required textbook for the course is The Cosmic Perspective (6th edition) by Bennett et al. The associated web site for the text (you can register here) is www.masteringastronomy.com.

Labs for the course will be taught by Andrea Lommen (Mon nights), Froney Crawford (Tue nights), and Beth Praton (Wed nights). Details are in the lab manual and will be discussed in class and lab. There is also a web page for the Wednesday section of the Astronomy 170 Laboratory.

Course announcements are located at the bottom of the page.

• General Course Information (includes policies, descriptions, grading, etc.)
• Course Schedule (includes topic coverage with dates)

Homework assignments and solutions:

• Assignment #1 (due Tue Sep 6 at 5:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,3 (15 pts)
• Assignment #2 (due Tue Sep 13 at 5:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 6,8,10 (30 pts)
• Assignment #3 (due Tue Sep 20 at 5:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,4 (20 pts)
• Assignment #4 (due Tue Oct 4 at 5:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 6,7,8 (30 pts)
• Assignment #5 (due Thu Oct 20 at 5:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 5,8,10,11 (40 pts)
• Assignment #6 (due Tue Oct 25 at 5:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,2,8 (15 pts)
• Assignment #7 (due Tue Nov 1 at 5:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,2,6 (20 pts)
• Assignment #8 (due Tue Nov 8 at 5:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,5,6 (30 pts)
• Assignment #9 (due Tue Nov 22 at 5:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,2,3 (30 pts)
• Assignment #10 (due Thu Dec 8 at 5:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,6,8 (25 pts)

Exam Information:

• Midterm Exam #1 (Tue Oct 11) - mean = 73.1%, sigma = 13.2%, median = 74.3%
• Midterm Exam #2 (Thu Nov 17) - mean = 65.0%, sigma = 15.3%, median = 64.0%
• Final Exam (Sat Dec 17) - mean = 72.4%, sigma = 14.7%, median = 72.0%