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ASTRONOMY 104: Stars and Galaxies    Week 14  Fall 2007 Lab Update Date Class Topic Readings/Assignments Monday,    Nov. 26 Determining Distances, Large scale Structure of the Universe Hubble's Law and Distances PPT Ch. 24.2 and 24.3 "More Precisely 24-1" page 650-651 Ch. 25.5 Solutions: Distance Pyramid Wednesday,  Nov. 28 Evolution of Galaxies; Dark Matter Dark Matter PPT Ch. 25 Due: BA5 Astronomy News Solutions: Ultimate Unit conversion Friday,    Nov. 30 Course Evaluation; Hubble's Law and the Big Bang Ch. 26.1, 26.2   * marks optional (but useful!) readings   week 1 week2 week 3 week 4 week 5   week 6   week 7 week 8 week 9 week 10 week 11   week 12 week 13 week 14 week 15  Full Schedule

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Looking ahead: The Current Events assignment is due next week, Monday Dec. 3,  in class.

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 Bonus Assignment 5: Review of Internet Astronomy News sources: Due Wednesday in class

Visit three astronomy news sources. You may chose from the list below, and/or search for your own. For each source, write a half page review of the types of news articles it contains. What subject matter is covered? How detailed are the stories? Are there links to related stories? What level are they written? How useful might this source be for class? Be sure to include the url for each of the three you review.

Science at NASA

Sky and Telescope Publishing

Astronomy Magazine

Astronomy Now news

New York Times Science News