Søren Meibom
Astronomer (Ph.D.)


Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Astronomy 100 "Survey of Astronomy":

An introduction to the concepts of modern-day astronomy. Topics include: assic descriptive astronomy (stars, constallations, celestial sphere, astronomical coordinate systems), geocentric to heliocentric models of the Universe, light and electromagnetic spectrum, optical telescopes, solar system and comparative planetology, formation and evolution of the Sun and stars, the Milky Way galaxy, cosmology and the expansion of the Universe.

125 students, 6 weely review sections, 1 TA.