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Welcome! Be sure to grab an ABCD page by an entrance or up front Visit/Bookmark/Write down the course webpage: A B http://www.astro.utah.edu/~wik/courses/astr1060fall2019/ C D (Also linked to in Canvas, which we will also use) (Hint: it

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Welcome!

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Be sure to grab an ABCD page by an entrance or up front

C D B A

(Hint: it looks like this) Visit/Bookmark/Write down the course webpage: http://www.astro.utah.edu/~wik/courses/astr1060fall2019/ (Also linked to in Canvas, which we will also use)

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What is the Universe? What isn’t the Universe? Why study the Universe?

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About what percentage of the Universe is composed of atoms (and particles that make up atoms) like those that make up everything in the solar system, including us?

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A)100% B) 50% C) 25% D) 5%

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If the entire history of the Universe were crammed into 1 calendar year, when would human beings have appeared on Earth?

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A)

  • Sept. 8th

B)

  • Dec. 19th

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  • Dec. 31st, at 11:52pm

D) Dec. 31st, at 11:59:15pm

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What’s out there, and how did we figure it out?

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A little about your tour guide…

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John Wick Dan Wik

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A little about your tour guide…

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A little about your tour guide…

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A little about your tour guide…

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I’m an X-ray Astronomer

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Andromeda Galaxy Bullet Cluster

https://the-nightly-news.com/blog/blog-87- secrets-of-the-high-energy-x-ray-unverse

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How this course will work

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http://www.astro.utah.edu/~wik

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How this course will work

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http://www.astro.utah.edu/~wik/courses/astr1060fall2019/

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Classroom and my office

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INSCC 320 (3rd floor, inside 350)

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Classroom and my office

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Park Here Enter Here Up 1 flight of stairs Astro Group on other side of building (visitor lot)

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Class TA and her office

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South Physics (4th floor, large room across from stairs/elevator)

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The Reading is CRUCIAL!

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Intro science courses have as many new vocabulary words as an intro foreign language class!

Last day to add, drop (delete), elect CR/NC, or audit classes: Last day to withdraw from classes: Last day to reverse CR/NC option: Friday, August 30 Friday, October 18 Wednesday, November 27 Important Dates:

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Silence cell phones, don’t use ‘em, and use laptops for note taking only

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Doing other things on devices distracts those around you Taking HAND-WRITTEN notes improves retention (whether or not you ever look at them again)