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For Graduates and Undergraduates.

Course C1: Practical Astronomy: Course B1 and Mathematics
B2
(or its equivalent) prerequisite.—Spherical Astronomy and theory
of astronomical instruments, with practical exercises in making and
reducing astronomical observations. Hours by appointment. McCormick
Observatory.

Course C2: Celestial Mechanics: Course B1 and Mathematics B2
(or its equivalent) prerequisite.—The principal subjects considered are
rectilinear motion, central forces, potential, problems of two, three
and n bodies, perturbations, determination of a preliminary orbit.
Hours by appointment. Cabell Hall.