ASTRONOMY 130, SPRING 2008
SCHEDULE AND DEADLINES
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Week Starting |
Lecture Topics & Events | Lab Work | Assignments Due | Moon Phase |
| 01/21/06 | No Class: Martin Luther King Day | No Labs | Full Moon (1/22) | 01/28/08 | Introduction, procedures, policies. | Lab Orientation | 02/04/08 | The night sky. Constellations. | Lab 1: Constellation Quiz |
| 02/06/08 | Night Sky; Lab write-up procedures. | Lab 2: Binocular Observing | Lab 1 Due 2/11 | |
| 02/11/08 | Light & small telescopes. | Lab 2: Binocular Observing | ||
| 02/18/08 | Light & small telescopes. | Lab 3: Intro to Telescopes | Lab 2 Due 2/18 | Full Moon (2/20) |
| 02/25/06 | Celestial motions. | Lab 3: Intro to Telescopes | ||
| 03/03/08 | SPRING BREAK: No lecture. | No Labs All Week | ||
| 03/10/08 | Astronomical Coordinates. | Lab 4: Telescope Observing | Lab 3 Due 3/10 | |
| 03/17/08 | MIDTERM EXAM | Lab 4: Telescope Observing | Full Moon (3/21) | |
| 03/24/08 | Solar System astronomy. | Chosen Lab | Lab 4 Due 3/24 | |
| 03/31/08 | Solar System astronomy. | Chosen Lab | ||
| 04/07/08 | Stellar astronomy. | Chosen Lab | ||
| 04/14/08 | Galactic Astronomy & the Milky Way. | Chosen Lab | ||
| 04/21/08 |
Modern observational astronomy. |
Chosen Lab | Full Moon (4/20) | |
| 04/28/08 | FINAL EXAM | Chosen Lab (M & T Only) | ||
| 05/05/08 | ALL LABS DUE 5/05 |