syllabus
& course
expectations
safety,
tardy, classroom computer use, and honesty
Universe/publisher link: register as a student to use the resources
Astronomy
Picture of the Day
the
latest astrophysics discoveries
what's up in the sky
this week
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August 28 |
August 29 |
August 30 |
August 31 |
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special
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JITdue by
1:30 pm today although only 80% of JITs are required, everyone should plan to do the first one, if only to try out the process; this one is also particularly easy; if you do extra JITs, you will get extra credit |
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(always done before class) |
Universe 5(1-2): what is light?
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prepare for today's pre-sunrise total
lunar eclipse more details my bet is that we will still be doing light today, but you should read 5(6,7) in Universe and know what physical states of matter produce what types of spectra |
walker 28(1,2,6): know the formula for 2-slit (and multi-slit) interference; the formulas are the same read the first and last pages of the lab (see below) |
5(3,4)...
see box below chapter 6 sometime this week, so you know about telescopes and how they work |
i'm
not sure if it wasobvious that you should also read the boxes
associated
with sections 5(3,4) yesterday, so please make sure you did read boxes
5(1)and 5(2) |
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you should know the answer to before coming to class |
bring at least 5 more new properties of light (e.g. wavelength or frequency) and 5 more behaviors of light (e.g., reflection, refraction) see the Walker references on the syllabus (but it doesn't have to be Walker.... other physics books will do; Wikipedia will not!) bring the laws that go with the behaviors as you read again, two sides of a page of notes while you're reading |
be able to state 3 ways in which a hotter blackbody's curve differs from that of a cooler blackbody what's a blackbody anyway? what are the 4 generic ways that matter can interact with light? what pairs of interactions are mutually exclusive? |
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homework (written assignments to be turned in) |
10 properties of a star that astronomers would want to know/deduce from measurements (remember not to use "composition" and you don't have to stop at 10) |
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image
processing lab due spectra lab begins |
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of the week |
Going, Going, Gone: Hubble Captures Uranus's Rings on Edge | Huge Void Implicated in Distant Universe |
| Tuesday, August 21 |
August 22 |
August 23 |
August 24 |
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astronomical light detectors and image processing |
& then lab make sure that you have a lab book for today |
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(always done before class) |
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all of the lab guide the CCD handout |
Universe 5(1-2): what is light?
you should know some properties of light (e.g. wavelength or frequency) and some behaviors of light (e.g., reflection, refraction) see the Walker references on the syllabus (but it doesn't have to be Walker.... other physics books will do) perhaps you will learn some laws
that go with the behaviors as you read?
maybe two sides of a page of notes while you're reading? |
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you should know the answer to before coming to class |
what
are the three pieces of info astronomers can record about an incoming
photon? |
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homework (written assignments to be turned in) |
number the odd pages of your lab book |
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stellar evolution summary |
google earth now contains google sky |
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image processing lab (HOU version) image processing lab (ds9 version) directions for installing ds9 on your computer |
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