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Reading for week of March 30:
http://www.astro.washington.edu/astro480/To_CCD/beginners_guide_IRAF.pdf
Reading Quiz 1 30 pts, due: April 4
30 MAR
31 A216 1:30 - 2:50 pm
Photometry [Lecture in PPT]
Worksheet to accompany lecture
1 APR
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4 B356 1:30 - 4:20 pm
IRAF tutorial and Exercise 1
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Reading for week of April 6: Howell, 2nd ed, chapters 1 - 2;Reading Quiz 2 30 pts, due April 7; For discussion on April 7: CCD Data: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Massey & Jacoby, 1992)
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7 A216 1:30 - 2:50 pm
CCD's
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1 CCD team??
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1 CCD team??
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1 CCD team??
11 B356 1 - 4:20 pm
1 team: Characterizing CCD;
Data Analysis
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Reading for week of April 13:
Howell, 2nd ed, Chapter 3; Reading Quiz 3 30 pts, due April 14
Good Answers for Reading Quiz 3
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14 A216 1:30 - 2:50 pm
S/N; CCDs
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18 B356 1 - 4:20 pm
IRAF II
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Reading for week of April 20: Howell, 2nd ed, Chapter 4; Reading Quiz 4 30 pts, due April 21
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21 A216 1:30 - 2:50 pm
Review of Night Sky;
S/N practice; In-class discussion on reading
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25 B356 1 - 4:20 pm
Plan observing run; SkyCalc; other goodies
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Reading week of April 27: The Flat Sky: Calibration and Background Uniformity in Wide-Feld Astronomical
Images (Chromey & Hasselbacher, 1996)
Observing Prep: Our Telescope Due: May 2
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28 B356 1:30 - 2:50 pm
IRAF III imarith, flatfielding
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2 B356 1 - 4:20 pm
IRAF III (concluded)
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5 B356 1:30 - 2:50 pm
IRAF IV -- aperture photometry
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9 B356 1 - 4:20 pm
IRAF IV (concluded)
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12 B356 1:30 - 2:50 pm
IRAF V -- PSF photometry
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16 B356 1 - 4:20 pm
IRAF V (concluded)
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19 A216 1:30 - 2:50 pm
IRAF VI -- Batch mode and scripting
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23 B356 1 - 4:20 pm
IRAF VI (concluded)
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26 HOLIDAY!
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30 A216 & B356 1 - 4:20 pm
Project Overview;
Scientific Writing; Work on Projects
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1 JUNE
2 B356 1:30 - 2:50 pm
Observing Projects
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6 B356 1 - 4:20 pm
Observing Projects
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9 - FINALS WEEK
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Final Observing Papers Due
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