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The table below shows the sequence of topics we will cover in this course. The dates are slightly tentative -- we may occasionally move ahead or fall behind. As you can see, we are not always following the textbook's arrangement of material. We may skip some sections within chapters.
| Week 1 | Coordinate systems and distances via parallax | Chapter 1, 3.1 | |
| Week 2 | Measuring the luminosity of stars | 3.2-3.5 | |
| Week 3 | Measuring the temperature of stars | 3.3-3.6 | |
| Week 4 | Orbits within the solar system | 2.1-2.3 | |
| Week 5 | Orbits outside the solar system and stellar masses | 7.1-7.3, 2.4 | |
| Weeks 6,7,8 | Determining the chemical composition of stars | 5.1-5.3, 8.1-8.2 | |
| Weeks 8,9,10 | Radiation and stellar atmospheres | 9.1-9.4 |
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