Astronomy 312: Galactic &
Extragalactic Astronomy
Spring 2026
Lecture: Tuesday and Thursday
Location: RITA 363
Time: TR 10:50 am - 12:05 pm
Instructor: Dr. George
Chartas
Office: RITA 307
Office
hours: TR 2:00 pm- 3:00 pm
Phone: (843)
953-3609
Email:
chartasg@cofc.edu
Schedule
We will
cover chapters 24-30 of the book An Introduction
to Modern Astrophysics, B. W. Carroll & D. A. Ostlie (2nd Ed.)
Please
let me know if you have a conflict with any of the test and final exam dates.
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8 Jan |
Ch. 24: The Milky Way Galaxy |
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13 Jan |
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15 Jan |
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20 Jan |
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22 Jan |
Ch. 25: The Nature of Galaxies |
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27 Jan |
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29 Jan |
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3 Feb |
Ch. 26: Galactic Evolution |
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5 Feb |
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10 Feb |
Test 1 Chapters 24 and 25 |
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12 Feb |
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17 Feb |
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19 Feb |
Ch. 27: The Structure of the
Universe |
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24 Feb |
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26 Feb |
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3 Mar |
Spring Break: No
Classes |
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5 Mar |
Spring Break: No
Classes |
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10 Mar |
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12 Mar |
Ch. 28: Active Galaxies |
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17 Mar |
Test 2 Chapters 26 and 27 |
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19 Mar |
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24 Mar |
Presenter: Gael (The Circumgalactic
Medium) Presenter: Jose (Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic
Rays) |
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26 Mar |
Colloquium: Dr Vittoria Gianolli (Using
X-ray obscuration variability to probe the torus structure) |
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31 Mar |
Presenter: Gabe (Experimental studies of
black holes: status and future prospects) Presenter: Garrison (The Assembly of the
First Massive Black Holes) |
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2 Apr |
Ch. 29: Cosmology Presenter: Jackson (Quasars and the
Intergalactic Medium at Cosmic Dawn) Presenter: Hunter (The Faintest Dwarf
Galaxies) Presenter: Abigail (Cosmic
Star-Formation History) |
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7 Apr |
Presenter: Sydney (Tidal Disruption
Events) Presenter:Xerena (Intermediate-Mass
Black Holes) |
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9 Apr |
Presenter: Chad (Ultraluminous X-Ray
Sources) Presenter: Emma (Observational Evidence
of AGN Feedback) Presenter: Caton (Observing Interstellar
and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields) |
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14 Apr |
Presenter: Eva (Stellar Dynamics and
Stellar Phenomena Near a Massive Black Hole) Presenter: Aiden (Cosmological Tests of
Gravity) |
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16 Apr |
EXPO 2026 |
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21 Apr |
Presenter: Alexander (Little red dots as
young SMBHs in dense ionized cocoons) Presenter: Madeline (SMBHs in X-Rays:
From Standard Accretion to Extreme Transients) |
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23 Apr |
Reading Day |
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28 April |
FINAL EXAM (10:30 am – 12:300
pm) |
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