Astronomy 480 Calendar Spring 2009

See also: due dates for assignments and course syllabus

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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, due: April 3, 5:00 pm

29 MAR

30 A216 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Photometry [Lecture in PPT]
Worksheet to accompany lecture

31

1 APR A216 2:30 - 3:50 pm
CCD's [Lecture in PPT]
Astronomical statistics

2 1st qtr

3 B356 2:30 - 4:20 pm
Getting IRAF set up

4

Reading for week of April 6: Howell, 2nd ed, chapters 1 - 3; IRAF I; Reading Quiz 2, due April 10, 2:30 pm.

5

6 A216 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Characterizing CCD; Data Analysis

7

8 A216 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Characterizing CCD; Data Analysis

9 full

10 B356 2:30 - 4:20 pm
IRAF tutorial and Exercise 1

11

Reading for week of April 13: Observing Prep: Our Telescope, IRAF II; Reading Quiz 3, due April 17, 2:30 pm

12

13 A216 2:30 - 3:50 pm
CCDs; Review of Night Sky

14

15 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Plan observing run; SkyCalc

16

17 B356 2:30 - 4:20 pm 3rd qtr
IRAF II

18

Reading for week of April 20: The Flat Sky: Calibration and Background Uniformity in Wide-Feld Astronomical Images (Chromey & Hasselbacher, 1996); Howell, 2nd ed, Chapter 4; IRAF III; Reading Quiz 4, due April 24, 2:30 pm;

19

20 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm IRAF II (concluded)

21

22 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
IRAF III imarith, flatfielding

23

24 B356 2:30 - 4:20 pm
IRAF III (concluded)

25 new

Reading week of April 27: Howell, Chapter 5 (Sec. 5.1 - 5.4); IRAF IV; Reading Quiz 5, due April 27, 2:30 pm

26

27 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
IRAF IV -- aperture photometry

28

29 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
IRAF IV -- aperture photometry

30

1 MAY B356 2:30 - 4:20 pm 1st qtr
IRAF IV (concluded)

2
Reading week of May 4: Howell, Chapter 5 (Sec. 5.5 - 5.9); Reading Quiz 6 , due May 4, 2:30 pm

3

4 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
IRAF V -- PSF photometry

5

6 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
IRAF V -- PSF photometry

7

8 B356 2:30 - 4:20 pm
IRAF V

9 full
Reading week of May 11: IRAF VI; Reading Quiz 7, due May 11, 2:30 pm

10

11 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
IRAF V (concluded) + projects

12

13 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Observing projects: reducing data

14

15 A216 & B356 2:30 - 4:20 pm
Spectroscopy! IRAF VII

16
Reading week of May 18: Howell, Chapter 6, IRAF VII; Reading Quiz 8 , due May 18, 2:30 pm

17 3rd qtr

18 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
IRAF VII Spectroscopy

19

20 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
IRAF VII Spectroscopy (concluded)

21

22 B356 2:30 - 4:20 pm
IRAF VI

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24 new

poppy25 MEMORIAL DAY

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27 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
IRAF VI

28

29 B356 2:30 - 4:20 pm
IRAF VI (concluded)

30

311st qtr

1-JUNE B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Observing Projects

2

3 B356 2:30 - 3:50 pm
Observing Projects

4

5 B356 2:30 - 4:20 pm
Observing Projects

6

7

8 - FINALS WEEK

9 full

10

11

12
Final Observing Papers Due

13