Course Schedule
This schedule is tentative
and we reserve the right to adjust as necessary.
Homework
is not listed here but is instead on the assignments page.
Week of… |
Lab Exercise Topic |
Observing Project Deadlines |
Schedule Notes |
Jan. 11 |
No Labs This Week |
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Jan. 18 |
Scale of the Universe |
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Jan. 25 |
Getting into a 3000 year old mindset
(in Planetarium) |
Observing
Project Signup by Fri., Jan. 30 |
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Feb. 1 |
Spectra and Spectroscopy |
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Feb. 8 |
Eclipsing Binary Stars |
Planetarium Group 1 due Fri., Feb. 13 |
Midterm Exam #1 this week |
Feb. 15 |
Kepler's Laws and Binary Stars |
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Feb. 22 |
The Inverse Square Law |
Planetarium Group 2 due Fri. Feb. 27 |
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Mar. 1 |
How Far is This Star? |
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Field Trips this week |
Mar. 8 |
Labs will NOT Meet This Week
on account of too many labs already not meeting due to
the Mar. 10 Blizzard and its Aftermath |
Planetarium
Group 3 and Sunrise/Sunset
First Draft due |
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Mar. 15 |
Spring Break |
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Mar. 22 |
Cancelled due to Flood
Prevention Efforts |
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Mar. 29 |
Cancelled due to Flood |
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Apr. 5 |
Build an HR Diagram |
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Apr. 12 |
HR Diagrams of Star Clusters |
Planetarium Group 4 due Friday, Apr. 17 |
Midterm Exam #2 this week |
Apr. 19 |
Exploiting the HR Diagram: Ages and Distances |
GalaxyZoo.org and Sunrise/Sunset
Project due |
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Apr. 26 |
Cepheid Variables |
Planetarium Group 5 due
Monday, Apr. 27 |
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May 3 |
Hubble's Law Lab |
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Final Exam Times:
Tues., May 12,12 pm – 2:30 pm (Cabanela),
Tues., May 12, 3pm - 5:30pm (Craig Lecture)