Professor Rich LOVESSS what he studied and is passionate about astronomy. That is very clear from the first day. He is kind and a bit sensitive. He posts lectures online, and that made a lot of students skip class. He often complained about it and wished more students would go. So pls, even if you don't pay attention, just go.
Lectures are long and a bit boring, as he isn't the most engaging lecturer. But if you pay attention, he is always talking about something interesting (but it isn't always on topic). He is constantly going over time or rushing through topics. You will have to teach yourself a lot. I talked to him after the final exam and expressed my concern about this, and he said he was trying to figure out how to condense lectures and the topics. So maybe it will change.
This class does take a lot of work, but if you are interested, you definitely should take it.

This is a pass/no pass fiat lux. Can be interesting/boring depending on your interest in astronomy. I was expecting more astronomy and less HISTORY of astronomy, which is what it ended up being, but it was interesting nonetheless.
Professor Rich is a kind and friendly professor and did a great job of teaching this class.

I came into this class thinking it would be an easy grade, but it was nothing of the sort. The workload for this class is absolutely too much. The homework is tedious and annoying, and has like 24 questions MCQ, but each question has "PART A-G" on it, and it makes it more daunting to do. ALSO-- LABS. The PRELABS and the LABS, which are almost THREE HOURS LONG every single week and are MANDATORY. So that just adds onto even more hours worrying about this class. Literally would never recommend this class if you are trying to take an easy GE.

This class was pretty easy. I stopped going to lectures partway into the quarter, but I would keep up with the homework and readings. Professor Rich is a nice guy and genuinely interested in his field. His jokes would sometimes fall flat and I would feel bad. One time he got called out for making fun of astrology since it's part of a lot of religions, and he made a genuine apology to the whole class which I thought was very kind. I did well on the midterm so I didn't study for the final and ended up getting a C on it. I still got an A- but yeah I would recommend studying at least a little for the exams and keeping up with the work since it's all pretty easy anyway.

For me, tests felt really hard and unrelated to lectures. Our homework was a lot and felt useless and unrelated to our class content. The labs were ok and manageable. The professor is super sweet and cares a lot about the topic. Great professor, class is ok. It's not hard, but don't expect a super easy class.

Professor Rich was really passionate about the class which made the class really engaging even if he went over time a lot.