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SPRING ASTRONOMY LAB
INSTRUCTORS: Monday: Dr. Maddox (Office: Parker 239 and Allison Lab 300) ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: Keith Wood (Office: Allison Lab 227) ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) LAB MEETS IN PARKER HALL ROOM 126. IN SPRING HOURS ARE 7:00 PM TO 10:00 PM. Additional information about lab can be found at Intro. Courses > Undergraduate Labs > Physics 1150 EACH LAB:
1. CHECK MOVIE SCREEN FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
3. TURN IN REPORT (USUALLY IN BOX ON TABLE NEXT TO DOOR). LABS ARE OF THREE TYPES: SKY & SCOPE, SOLAR SYSTEM, & STELLAR. WHICH LABS WE DO WILL DEPEND ON THE WEATHER, WHAT IS IN THE SKY DURING LAB, AND LIGHTING CONDITIONS OUTSIDE.
ASTRONOMY LAB SCHEDULE FOR SPRING 2010 (Subject to Change) As weather permits the following observing labs may be done in place of the labs listed below: Introductory Observing Lab, Observing Orion Constellation, Combined Planet Lab (Mars & Saturn). PQ means practice quiz for Star Quiz. Star Quiz is the lab final. WEEK 1 JAN 11 -14 NO LAB MEETING WEEK 2 JAN 18-21 NO LAB MEETING WEEK 3 JAN 25-28 FIRST LAB:Learning to Use Voyager III WEEK 4 FEB 1-4 Telescopes WEEK 5 FEB 8-11 Virtual Sky II + PQ1 WEEK 6 FEB 15-19 Astronomical Errors + PQ2 WEEK 7 FEB 22-25 Other Eyes/Other Views +PQ3 WEEK 8 MAR 1-4 Spectra WEEK 9 MAR 8-11 Sunspots Daylight Saving Time Starts March 14WEEK 10 MAR 15-18 SPRING BREAK WEEK 11 MAR 22-25 Moon WEEK 12 MAR 39-Apr 1 Cepheid Variables WEEK 13 APR 5-8 Hubble Redshift WEEK 14 APR 12-15 Object X Part II WEEK 15 APR 19-22 STAR QUIZ (LAST REGULAR LAB MEETING)
LAB MOTTO #1: MAKE YOUR OWN MISTAKES. DON'T COPY YOUR NEIGHTBORS. ASTRONOMY MOTTO: YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE DARK TO SEE THE LIGHT.
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