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ASTR 279 · Sem 1

Seminar: Current Astronomical Research

Fall 2026Shapley, A.E.2 units

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Seats, time, final and grades

Seats

Open, 68 seats left.

27 of 95 enrolled.

Meets

W 3:00pm-5:50pm

Every meeting the registrar lists for this section.

Final

None on the page dibs read

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Grades

no grade history

No grade record for this section yet.

Read 30 minutes ago. This is a recent reading, not a live seat count.

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Registrar's Restrictions cell, read 3 days ago: "Graduate Physics Majors or Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, or Astrophysics Majors".

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Meets: W 3:00pm-5:50pm

Physics and Astronomy Building 1434A

Grades

no grade history

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What students say

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ASTR 279 reviews for Alice Shapley Reviews for all professors of ASTR 279

Will it still be here

Not a question any more: see the notice at the top of this page.

Final enrollment per term from four years of grade data. Summer excluded: different population, different pass structure.

  • 3721F
  • 3722W
  • 3722S
  • 3922F
  • 3823W
  • 3623S
  • 3323F
  • 3124W
  • 3324S
  • 3524F
  • 3625W
  • 2925S
  • 2825F
Enrollment by term: 21F 37, 22W 37, 22S 37, 22F 39, 23W 38, 23S 36, 23F 33, 24W 31, 24S 33, 24F 35, 25W 36, 25S 29, 25F 28

Peak 39 · most recent 25F at 28

Seats over time

Filled by 17 over about 2 months

27 of 95 · 68 left
17 Aug 15:079 Sep 07:101 Oct 23:13
dibs read 168 of the 558 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 390. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 531 of 1089 plotted.27 of 95 enrolled at the newest reading, 30 minutes ago, with 68 left. Seats from 17 Aug 15:07 to 1 Oct 23:13, 10 to 27. dibs read 168 of the 558 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 390 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 18:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 531 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

A dot is a reading where something moved: the seat count, the status, or the waitlist. Flat between dots joins recorded counts; changes between reads may be missed. The line starts when dibs first saw this section rather than reaching back before it existed. The last one is the last time dibs read this section, moved or not: 30 minutes ago.

Show the readings (25)
Recorded Enrolled Capacity Status Waitlist Hours read
1 Oct 23:13 27 95 open - 55 of 188
24 Sep 04:12 27 95 open - 2 of 6
23 Sep 23:42 28 95 open - 2 of 4
23 Sep 20:12 27 95 open - 15 of 47
21 Sep 22:02 28 95 open - 2 of 5
21 Sep 18:32 26 95 open - 2 of 4
21 Sep 15:02 28 95 open - 18 of 61
19 Sep 03:52 26 95 open - 2 of 4
19 Sep 00:32 25 95 open - 4 of 10
18 Sep 15:12 26 95 open - 5 of 15
18 Sep 01:12 25 95 open - 10 of 29
16 Sep 21:22 23 95 open - 2 of 5
16 Sep 17:52 22 95 open - 12 of 40
15 Sep 02:22 15 95 open - 46 of 146
9 Sep 01:40 14 95 open - 2 of 2
9 Sep 00:40 13 95 open - 2 of 3
8 Sep 22:40 14 95 open - 3 of 24, 19 no hourly record
7 Sep 23:40 13 95 open - no hourly record
7 Sep 22:40 12 95 open - no hourly record
7 Sep 19:40 13 95 open - no hourly record
7 Sep 14:40 12 95 open - no hourly record
7 Sep 11:40 13 95 open - no hourly record
1 Sep 01:40 12 95 open - no hourly record
29 Aug 01:40 11 95 open - no hourly record
17 Aug 15:07 10 95 open - -
How readings and alerts work

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The registrar can change a seat count between our checks. Alerts depend on dibs detecting an opening and completing delivery; a quiet watch does not prove that no seat opened. Check the registrar before enrolling.

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