Exercises, Homework, and Lecture Tutorials

Exercises

• Learning about the night sky using the SkyView Cafe (web link)
• Learning about the night sky using the SkyView Cafe (PDF copy)
• Characterizing the CCD part 1, getting the data
• All the Faces plus 3
• Characterizing the CCD part 2, and an initial practice on reducing data
• Distance to the Center of the Galaxy
• Astronomical Treasure Hunt
• Linux and IRAF

Homework

• CCD Manual
• CCD Study Guide
• Telescope Manual
• Telescope Manual Study Guide

Lecture Tutorials

• Solar versus Sidereal Time
• Distances in the Milky Way Galaxy
• CCDs
• Telescopes
• Star Formation Lifetimes
• Looking at Distant Objects
• Math Review
• Review of Scientific Methods