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Laboratory Topic |
Start Date |
Location |
1 |
Planisphere and Night Sky Navigation |
Tue 23 Aug |
rooftop/elsewhere |
2 |
Lunar Phases and Daily Motion |
Tue 23 Aug |
elsewhere |
- |
Planisphere/Navigation Lab, Continued |
Tue 30 Aug |
rooftop |
3 |
Angular Scale vs. Physical Scale |
Tue 6 Sep |
rooftop |
4 |
Gas Characteristics via Spectroscope Observations |
Tue 13 Sep |
classroom/laboratory/rooftop |
5 |
The Moon's Orbit |
Tue 20 Sep |
classroom |
6 |
Star Magnitudes, Distances, and Limitations |
Tue 27 Sep |
rooftop/elsewhere |
7 |
Time and Coordinates |
Tue 4 Oct |
classroom |
- |
Solar Photosphere + Prominence Viewing (Demo) |
Wed 5 Oct |
rooftop (during lecture) |
8 |
Interplanetary Travel |
Tue 11 Oct |
classroom |
- |
Bad Weather - No Observing (catch-up night) |
Tue 18 Oct |
(lab meeting cancelled) |
9 |
Interstellar Travel |
Tue 25 Oct |
classroom |
10 |
CCD Observations and Imaging |
Tue 1 Nov |
rooftop |
- |
Election Day - No Lab (catch-up night) |
Tue 8 Nov |
(lab meeting cancelled) |
11 |
CCD Processing and Analysis |
Tue 15 Nov |
classroom |
- |
Thanksgiving Break - No Lab |
Tue 22 Nov |
(campus closed) |
12 |
Radio Jove Data Analysis |
Tue 29 Nov |
classroom |
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Radio Jove Remote Station |
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Bell Observatory (daytime) |
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Microwave Radiation |
|
classroom/outside/Bell |
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VLF Radiation and the Terrestrial Magnetosphere |
|
outside/Bell Observatory |
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How Far is the Galactic Center? |
|
classroom |
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Hubble's Law |
|
classroom |
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