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For Undergraduates and Graduates.

Course 2C: Celestial Mechanics: Course 1B and Mathematics 2B
(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.

Course 3C: Practical Astronomy: Course 1B and Mathematics 2B
(or its equivalent) prerequisite.
—Spherical Astronomy and theory of
astronomical instruments, with practical exercises in making and reducing
astronomical observations.