ASTR469, Observational Astronomy

Syllabus

Day	Date	Notes	Assignment	Solutions
Mon.	Jan. 9	1 - Introduction
Wed.	Jan. 11	2 - Light
Fri.	Jan. 13	3 - Magnitudes	HW1
Mon.	Jan. 16	MLK Day - No Class
Wed.	Jan. 18	4 - Colors
Fri.	Jan. 20		HW2  data	HW1 Solutions
Mon.	Jan. 23	5 - Atmospheric Effects
Wed.	Jan. 25	6 - Coordinates
Fri.	Jan. 27		HW3	HW2 Solutions Pleides CMD And the 3rd page (which I forgot to scan)
Mon.	Jan. 30	6 - Coordinates (in planetarium)
Wed.	Feb. 1	7 - Time
Fri.	Feb. 3		HW4	HW3 Solutions
Mon.	Feb. 6	8 - Telescopes Basics
Wed.	Feb. 8	9 - Photometry
Fri.	Feb. 10		HW5	HW4 Solutions
Mon.	Feb. 13	10 - Spectroscopy
Wed.	Feb. 15	11 - Radio Astronomy
Fri.	Feb. 17		HW6	HW5 Solutions
Mon.	Feb. 20	12 - High Energy Astrophysics
Wed.	Feb. 22	13 - Statistics
Fri.	Feb. 24			HW6 Solutions (Note: on #1 I had the LST wrong, and that propagates through)
Mon.	Feb. 27	Midterm Review	Midterm Review Sheet
Wed.	Mar. 1	Midterm
Fri.	Mar. 3	Midterm Review
Mon.	Mar. 6	Python
Wed.	Mar. 8	Python
Th.	Mar. 9	GBT Trip!	ASTR469_GBT_Makeup (for those who weren't there)
Fri.	Mar. 10	Python
MWF	Mar. 13-17	Spring Recess - No Class
Mon.	Mar. 20	LaTeX
Wed.	Mar. 22	LaTeX
Fri.	Mar. 24	LaTeX Paper Example Bibliography Example
Mon.	Mar. 27	Work on Project #1	Project #1 Data
Wed.	Mar. 29	Work on Project #1
Fri.	Mar. 31	Work on Project #1
Mon.	Apr. 3	Work on Project #2	Project #2 Python commands	Project #1 Due
Wed.	Apr. 5	Work on Project #2
Fri.	Apr. 7	Spring Holiday - No Class
Mon.	Apr. 10	Dr. Anderson out of town - No Class
Wed.	Apr. 12	Work on Project #2
Fri.	Apr. 14	Work on Project #3	Project #3	Project #2 Due
Mon.	Apr. 17	Work on Project #3
Wed.	Apr. 19	Work on Project #3
Fri.	Apr. 21	Work on Final Project	Final Project Telescope Instructions
Mon.	Apr. 24	Work on Final Project		Project #3 Due
Wed.	Apr. 26	Work on Final Project
Fri.	Apr. 28	Work on Final Project
Wed.	May 3	2-4pm		Final Due