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Tuesday, December 6:
Presentation on Review
Kathryn's Space Elevator page
Kaleigh's Wormholes page
Thursday, December 1:
Announcements:
    · No more chapters!
    · Observation Next Wednesday 6pm outside Pell Hall (weather permitting)
    · Next Week be ready w/ Projects
Presentation on Ch. 16
Tuesday, November 30:
Announcements:
    · Read/Quiz Ch. 16 by Thursday
Presentation on Ch. 15
Tuesday, November 22:
Announcements:
    · Read/Quiz Ch. 15 by Tuesday
    · 2nd part of project due
Presentation
Review game
Thursday, November 17:
Announcements:
Presentation
Constellation of the Day--Pegasus
Chapter 10
Thursday, November 10:
Announcements:
Presentation
Constellation of the Day--Ursa Major
Lunar/Solar/Venal (!) observation
Tuesday, November 8:
Announcements:
    · Test
Thursday, November 3:
Announcements:
    · Test next Tuesday
    · Essay for Manned Spaceflight
    · Essay for Unmanned Spaceflight
Presentation
Constellation of the Day--Orion
Review & Debate
Wednesday, November 2:
Observation is on. I'll load up the car at 6pm, and should be ready by 6:30pm by intramural fields (#24 on campus map). Will be on the cold side (not so cold, but when you stand out there for so long, you get cold), so bring jackets, gloves, and hats.
Tuesday, November 1:
Announcements:
    · Observation on Wednesday
Presentation
Constellation of the Day--Cassiopeia
Chapter 8 -- Introduction to the Solar System
Thursday, October 27:
Announcements:
    · Observation Schedule: Weekley (weather permitting) at 6pm (location TBA)
    · Next Thursday Debate:
Should this country at this time spend its limited space exploration budget on both manned and unmanned flights or restrict itself to automated robotic missions?
· Spectral Line lab (here's some krypton spectral data...shown are the lines in Angstroms and the second column is the relative strength/brightness of the line)
· Some issues and some links for the debate:
    § What are the problems faced by putting humans in space? Can current technology solve them?
    § What are the goals of manned spaceflight: overcoming the problems of human space travel? Studying celestial objects (comets, planets, etc)? Doing experiments in space? Competing technologically w/ foreign nations? Inspiration?
    § Do manned or robotic missions best accomplish these goals?
    § How successful have the experiments on board the shuttle and the ISS been?
    § How big are the risks of manned spaceflight and how do we evaluate if it's worth the risks?
Wednesday, October 26:
Observation is on. I'll load up the car at 6pm, and should be ready by 6:30pm near the track by Pratt.
Tuesday, October 25:
Announcements:
    · Reschedule Observation
Presentation
Chapter 7 -- Telescopes
Monday, October 24:
Observation is Cancelled Due to Cloudy and Probably Rainy Weather (Current Weather)
Thursday, October 20:
Announcements:
Thin Lens Lab
Tuesday, October 18:
Announcements:
    · Tutorial "Motion and Gravity" due
    · Tutorial "Light" due next Thursday
Presentation
Chapter 6
Aspects of Observing
Tuesday, October 11:
Announcements:
    · Handed back sextant labs w/ black numbers
    · Tutorial "Motion and Gravity" by next Tuesday
    · Project Ideas due
    · "This is your eyeball looking at the Sun" (click the picture to see the movie)
    · First Observation in two weeks:
        § Attend one of M (10/24) or W (10/26)
        § 7:30pm by track by Pratt Center
Presentation
Chapter 5 Review
Light, Telescopes, telescope mounts
Thursday, October 6:
Announcements:
    · Handed back tests
    · Tutorial "Motion and Gravity" by week from Tuesday
    · Handed out Constellation lab to do at home w/ software
Presentation
Chapter 5
Lab Guide
Thursday, September 29:
Announcements:
    · Test today
Tuesday, September 27:
Announcements:
    · Test on Thursday
Presentation
Thursday, September 22:
Announcements:
    · Ch. 4 and Test Review next Tuesday
Presentation
(Revisited) StarGazer tutorial
Parallax Lab
Solar observations with Questar telescope
Tuesday, September 20:
Announcements:
    · Do "Orbits and Kepler Laws" Tutorial at astronomyplace.com as homework
    · Lots of stuff due
Presentation w/r/t Ch. 3
(Abbreviated) StarGazer tutorial
right ascension and declination discussion
Thursday, September 15:
Announcements:
    · Read Ch. 3 for next week (and basic quiz)
Presentation concerning Lab (PDF) (corrected factor of 1/2)
Homemade Sextant (Lab 3)
Tuesday, September 13:
Announcements:
    · Ch. 2 Homework
    · Update progress on lunar observations
Presentation (PDF)
Observe the sun (lab 2)
The sun spots are in the little black circle I drew:
Thursday, September 8:
Announcements:
    · Read Ch. 2 and take "Basic" quiz online
    · Start Lab 1
Presentation (PDF)
Tuesday, September 6:
Announcements:
    · Take the "Basic Skills" quiz for Chapter 1 online (after doing HW 1)
    · Read "How to Succeed in Your Astronomy Course" in text
Discuss syllabus/project/hw1
Which questions are of most interest?
Overview
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