General information :
Laptop Policy - The laptops will be uses extensively in this lab class, either for online interactive tutorials or on-laptop simulations using the Skygazer software.
Astronomy Lab Spring 2009 Schedule
| Dates | Lab Due | Lab experiment | Mastering Astronomy:
Interactive Figures |
Voyager: Skygazer |
| Tues-01/13 | No Labs this week | |||
| Tues-01/20 | Lab 1 - IF1: Scale of Solar System / VS1: Introducing Skygazer | IF 1 | VS 1 | |
| Tues-01/27 | 1 | Lab 2 - VS2: Motions of Stars / VS4: Motions of the Sun | VS 2, 4
See BB "Lab Manual" for hinted-sheets |
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| Tues-02/03 | 2 | Lab 3 - Seasons (plus Lunar Phases) | IF 2 (sun illumination) | VS 7, VS 10 |
| Tues-02/10 | 3 | Lab 4 - Eclipses (Solar/Lunar) | VS 11, VS 12 | |
| Tues-02/17 | 4 | Lab 5 - Inferior and Superior Planets | SG-13 and 14 | |
| Tues-02/24 | 5 | Lab 6: Observing Planets / Wien's Law / Doppler | IF A Wien's
Law
IF B Star Motion Doppler Effect |
SG-15 |
| Tues-03/03 | 6 | Lab 7: Transits, Asteroids, Comets | IF 13 Planet Transits | SG-16 - Asteroids/Comets |
| Tues-03/10 | Spring Break - No Labs this week | TBA | TBA | |
| Tues-03/17 | 7 | Lab 8: HR Diagram | IF 15 - Main sequence Stars | TBA |
| Tues-03/24 | 8 | Lab 9: Curvature of Spacetime | IF 18 - Altering Curvature of Spacetime | TBA |
| Tues-03/31 | 9 | Lab 10: Galaxy Formation | IF 21- Galaxy Rotation | TBA |
| Tues-04/07 | 10 | NO LAB THIS WEEK | TBA | TBA |
| Tues-04/14 | 11 | Lab 11: Hubble's Constant + Galaxy Rotations | IF 20- Hubble's
Constant
IF 16.1ABC (Schneider Version) - Rotation Curves |
TBA |
| Tues-04/21 | 12 | Lab 12: TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Tues-04/28 | 13 | NO LAB | TBA | TBA |
Astronomy Lab -Schedule for SPRING 2009 : Tuesday 2:00-3:50 PM - Dr. Scott - S211
** Last day for Withdrawal with a 'W' is Monday April 6th, 2009 **
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Sunday, 12-Apr-2009 10:47:56 EDT
Location :
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