Introductory Astrophysics

(ASTR 3302 - Fall 2024)

Course Information (Fall 2024 Version)

Contact Information:

Email: ryan.oelkers(at)utrgv.edu
Phone: 956.882.6617
Office: BINAB 2.140
Office Hours: Mondays 12:30 PM to 02:00 PM via ZOOM (link on Blackboard)
Classroom: I will mainly be lecturing from BINAB 2.219. I will lecture from EHABE 2.110 every other Wednesday (in general). The ZOOM link for the class can be found on Blackboard.
Lecture Time: 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM Monday & Wednesday

(Left) A view from Estacion Astrofisica de Bosque Alegre. The small hexagon at the center of the image is the camera system I built for my PhD dissertation. The image is from NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Image Credit & Copyright

Photogragh: Sebastian D' Alessandro; Constellations: Judy Schmidt

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Course Syllabus

A copy of the course syllabus can be found here.

Course Schedule

The lecture slides are available through the links below. Thank you to Dr. Casey Papovich for his previous class material which have been incorporated into these slides.

Date Topic (click link for slides) Homework Due Dates