Lecture 23: telescopes -- CO  § 6

Lecture 22: Galaxy ecology -- early melting by Al26

Lecture 21: Star formation -- CO  § 12

Lecture 20: Planet formation -- CO  § 23.2,

Lecture 19: Extra-solar --  CO  § 23.1, catalogue

Lecture 18: Junks -- CO  § 22.3, 22.4, Late heavy bombardment

Lecture 17: Moons --  CO  § 20.4,  age of Earth rock,

Lecture 16: Terrestrials -- CO  § 20.1,20.2,20.3,20.5, origin of our atmosphere, transmission, blue sky,

Lecture 15: Giant planets -- CO  § 21.1, 21.2

Lecture 14: SS overview -- CO  § 19.1, 19.3 (1st part), Titus-Bode’s law,

Lecture 13: Compact II -- CO  § 16.6, 16.7, 17.3

Lecture 12: Compact I -- CO  § 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4

Lecture 11: Post MS -- CO  § 13.2, 15.1

Lecture 10: Main Sequence -- CO  § 3.6, 8.2, 10.6, 13.1,

Lecture 9: Photon II -- CO  § 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, radiation process, stellar spectra,

Lecture 8: Photon I -- CO  § 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, blackbody, color of Sun, random walk,

Lecture 7: Nuclear -- CO  § 10.3, concept, cold fusion, bg. radioactivity,

Lecture 6: Virial -- CO § 2.4, an application

Lecture 5: Pressure -- CO § 10.1, 10.2 (except for last two pages), atmosphere scale height,

Lecture 4: Gravity III (tides) --  CO § 19.2,  an easy essay,

Lecture 3: Gravity II --  CO § 2.3, solar system live, gravity-assist

Lecture 2: Gravity I -- CO § 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, Wiki,

Lecture 1: Overview -- CO § 3.1, 3.2,  nearest star, & galaxy, season on Earth,

The text book -- Carroll & Ostlie (hereby CO) -- is obligatory; other readings are optional (but very helpful).