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SUMMER ASTRONOMY LAB INFORMATION 2009 IS THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY LAB INSTRUCTOR: Keith Wood ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) OFFICE: 226 Allison Lab LAB MEETS IN PARKER 126. IN SUMMER HOURS ARE 7:30 TO 9:30.
EACH LAB: CHECK MOVIE SCREEN FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. 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. ABSENCE FORM A completed form must be given to lab instructor in order to be allowed to take a makeup lab. See schedule below for time makeup labs will be given. If you have more than one lab not done Dr. Hinata may give you a F in the course.
SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER 2009 (Schedule Subject To Change) FIRST LAB MAY 28 MAY 28 Learning To Use Voyager III June 2 and June 4 No Lab Instructor Out of Town JUNE 9 Introduction to Telescopes JUNE 11 Virtual Sky II or Observing Lab JUNE 16 Other Eyes/Other Views or Observing Lab JUNE 18 Astronomical Errors or Observing Lab JUNE 23 Cepheid Variables or Observing Lab JUNE 25 Stellar Spectra JUNE 30 Moon Lab (clear and cloudy versions) JULY 2 NO LAB (SCHOOL HOLIDAY FRIDAY) JULY 7 Sun JULY 9 Binary (clear and cloudy versions) JULY 14 Object X Part I Measuring Cosmos JULY 16 Object X Part II Identifying Object X JULY 21 STAR QUIZ (LAST LAB IF YOU HAVE NO ABSENCES) JULY 23 MAKEUP LAB FOR 1ST ABSENCE PICK UP MATERIAL FOR MAKING UP OTHER ABSENCES. Hubble Redshift will be used as makeup lab. Deadline for Turning In 2nd or 3rd Makeup Lab is Noon July 30. Observing Labs: Opportunities for observing will be very limited this summer due to construction in front of Parker Hall and Allison Lab. If conditions permit instructor may substitute one of these outdoor labs for indoor lab: Use of C8, Saturn, Count Stars. To allow time for sky to get darker practice quizzes for Star Quiz will be given before going outside. If bad weather or other problems prevents practice quizzes from being done before observing labs they will be scheduled before indoor labs.
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. EXPERIMENTER MOTTO: NEVER TRUST. ALWAYS VERIFY PREFERABLY BY TWO INDEPENDENT MEANS.
TURN OFF THOSE LIGHTS. TURN ON TO ASTRONOMY
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