Astronomy 190A Discovery Seminar 2006

The Universe from within the University: the use of math and technology in astronomy


Instructor: Ana M. Larson, PhD
Office: C335, Physics Astronomy; Hours: 1 - 2 pm, T - Th
larson-at-astro.washington.edu Ofc. Phone: 206.685.7856


Syllabus

Generate Finding Chart

Exercises and Tutorials

Important Extra Reading Links
Reading
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
  • Linux Tutorial
  • IRAF tutorial
Week 4 Guidelines for Writing the Scientific Paper

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
August 21 August 22 August 23 August 24
Celestial Sphere
Navigating Sky
Tutorials
ex01: SkyViewCafe
Planetarium: video
Celestial Timekeeping
Cosmic Distance Scale
hw: CCD manual + guide
Statistics

Using a CCD

ex02: CCD Exercise
hw: Telescope guide
Telescopes
Coordinate systems
Observing Techniques
Observe: Th, F, S
August 28 August 29 August 30 August 31
How CCD's Work
Exam 1 (PDF)
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HW: Reading
Light
Stars and Contents of Galaxy
HW: Reading
Milky Way and Globular Clusters and Galaxies!
ex03: Distance COG
HW: Reading
Milky Way and Stellar Evolution
ex04: Internet Treasure Hunt
September 4 September 5 September 6 September 7

Labor Day

Holiday

Finish CCD exercise
Exam 2 (take-home)
 
 
Linux OS
ex05: Linux + IRAF
 
Linux OS
IRAF
September 11 September 12 September 13 September 14
IRAF
Reducing CCD data
 
 
Data reduction
Writing Scientific Papers
 
Data reduction
Write Paper
 
Final presentations
Final papers due