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Astronomy

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Course ID:	WM-FI-S1-E3-ASTRO
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Astronomy
Name in Polish:	Astronomia
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. School of Exact Sciences.
Course groups:
Course homepage:	https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=32347
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	0 OR 2.00 (depends on study program) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się:	physical sciences
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	physics FIZ1_W04; FIZ1_W06; FIZ1_W07; FIZ1_U01; FIZ1_K01; FIZ1_W17
Preliminary Requirements:	lecture of general physics
Short description:	Level: basic Objectives: Acquiring elementary competence in general astronomy Prerequistes: Basics of classical mechanics
Full description:	1. Apparent motion of the sky, Earth’s rotation and orbital motion, the seasons. 2. Calendar. Angular co-ordinates in geography and in astronomy; declination and right ascension, 3. Sun-Earth-Moon system; orbits, distances, eclipses, tidal forces. 4. Past and present concepts on the Solar System structure. Stellar aberration, stellar parallax and the Doppler effect as final proofs of the heliocentric hypothesis. 5. Some aplications of Kepler's laws. Physics of space travel. 6. Earth as a planet. 7. Planets and their satellites. 8. Astronomical instruments. 9. Origin of the Solar System. Interplanetary medium, comets, extrasolar planets. 10. Sun as a star. 11. The Big Bang as an onset of the nucleosynthesis, the cosmic microwave background radiation. 12. The H-R diagram, stellar classification, stellar evolution. 13. Distances to stars, stellar masses and proper motions. 14. Interstellar gas and dust. 15. Extragalactic astronomy. Assessment methods: Midterm test (written, 40% of the final score) Final exam (oral, 60% of the final score)
Bibliography:	(in Polish) E. Rybka, "Astronomia ogólna" J. Kreiner, "Astronomia z astrofizyką" J. Mietelski, "Astronomia w geografii"
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	(in Polish) X1A_W01, X1A_W03 FIZ1_W06 zna podstawy budowy i dynamiki Układu Słonecznego X1A_W01, X1A_W05 FIZ1_W04 zna podstawy ewolucji gwiazd X1A_W07, X1A_W08 FIZ1_W14 zna podstawy działania współczesnych instrumentów astronomicznych X1A_U01 FIZ1_U01 potrafi analizować proste problemy z zakresu astronomii sferycznej X1A_K01 FIZ1_K01 prawidłowo postrzega miejsce astronomii pomiedzy naukami ścisłymi Szacunkowy nakład pracy studenta: uczestnictwo w zajęciach (30 h): 0,8 ECTS przygotowanie do zajęć (40h), przygotowanie do weryfikacji (8h), konsultacje z prowadzącym (2h): 1,2 ECTS
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Home work / test/ oral egzam
Practical placement:	n. a.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span:	2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU WYK W TH FR
Type of class:	Lectures, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Wiesław Macek
Group instructors:	Wiesław Macek
Course homepage:	https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=25681#section-1
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:	(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

Classes in period "Winter semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span:	2022-10-01 - 2023-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W TH WYK FR
Type of class:	Lectures, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Wiesław Macek
Group instructors:	Wiesław Macek
Course homepage:	https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=32347
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:	(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS:	(in Polish) uczestnictwo w zajęciach: 30 h przygotowanie do zajęć: 20 h przygotowanie do weryfikacji: 20 h konsultacje z prowadzącym: 20 h
Short description:	Basic astronomy and astrophysics with elements of modern space physics and cosmology
Full description:	1. Astronomy as Natural Science 2. Historical Overview: from Ancient Astronomy to Copernicus 3. Electromagnetic Radiation 4. The Modern Astronomical Tools 5. Theory of Gravitation and Kepler’s Laws 6. Spacetime and Gravitation in Theory of Relativity 7. The Earth as a Celestial Body 8. The Earth as a Physical Body 9. The Earth’s Magnetosphere 10. The Solar System 11. Physics of the Heliosphere 12. Physics of Stars 13. Galaxies 14. Basic of Modern Cosmology 15. The Origin of the Universe
Bibliography:	Astronomy Opens Stax 2018 https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy --- L. Oster, Modern Astronomy, Holden-Day, San Francisco, 1973 N. A. Pananides, Introductory Astronomy, Reading, Massachusetts, 1973 M. G. Kivelson, C. T. Russell, Introduction to Space Physics, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1995.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU WYK CW W TH FR
Type of class:	Classes, 30 hours more information Lectures, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Wiesław Macek
Group instructors:	Wiesław Macek
Course homepage:	https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=38216
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:	(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS:	(in Polish) uczestnictwo w zajęciach: 60 h przygotowanie do zajęć: 40 h przygotowanie do weryfikacji: 40 h konsultacje z prowadzącym: 40 h
Type of subject:	obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:	(in Polish) nie dotyczy
Short description:	Basic astronomy and astrophysics with elements of modern space physics and cosmology
Full description:	1. Astronomy as Natural Science 2. Historical Overview: from Ancient Astronomy to Copernicus 3. Electromagnetic Radiation 4. The Modern Astronomical Tools 5. Theory of Gravitation and Kepler’s Laws 6. Spacetime and Gravitation in Theory of Relativity 7. The Earth as a Celestial Body 8. The Earth as a Physical Body 9. The Earth’s Magnetosphere 10. The Solar System 11. Physics of the Heliosphere 12. Physics of Stars 13. Galaxies 14. Basic of Modern Cosmology 15. The Origin of the Universe
Bibliography:	Astronomy Opens Stax 2018 https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy --- L. Oster, Modern Astronomy, Holden-Day, San Francisco, 1973 N. A. Pananides, Introductory Astronomy, Reading, Massachusetts, 1973 M. G. Kivelson, C. T. Russell, Introduction to Space Physics, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1995.

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