In this laboratory you will perform experiments that reinforce and expand on topics covered in the Astronomy lecture.
| Instructor: | Prof. Robert Harr | Office: | 341 Physics |
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| Phone: | 577-2677 | E-mail: | harr@physics.wayne.edu |
| Office Hours: | 10:00 - 11:00 Mondays and Fridays, or by appointment | ||
| Web Page: | http://hep.physics.wayne.edu/~harr/courses/2011/f06/index.htm | ||
| Lab Manual: | Everyone is required to have their own copy of the WSU AStronomy Laboratory manual, available from the campus Barnes and Noble or Marwil bookstores. | ||
| Lab: | Wednesday 10:40 - 12:30 in room 1 | ||
| Lab Reports: |
See the discussion in the introduction of the lab manual. | ||
| Grading: | See the discussion in the introduction of the lab manual. Your grade is based on 10 lab reports: 8 of the labs are performed in class, and the remaining two must come from the two home exercises or the two evening viewing labs. If you turn in more than 10 labs, the 10 best grades will be used. | ||
| Home Exercises: |
There are two labs which you perform on your own, Home Exercise 1 and Home Exercise 2. It is strongly recommended that do at least one of these, and start early, before the weather turns colder and viewing conditions deteriorate. | ||
| Evening Viewings: |
There are two labs involving telescope observations from the roof of the Physics Building. These must be done in the evening, after sunset, weather permitting. We will announce the schedule for these when known, and you should call the hotline number to check if a viewing will occur. | ||
| Tentative Schedule: |
Date | Experiment | Notes |
| 9/13 | #1 Sky Maps | ||
| 9/20 | #3 The Telescope and its Uses | required before evening viewings | |
| 9/27 | #1 (cont'd) The Planetarium | Evening viewings of the Moon begin 9/25 | |
| 10/4 | #2 Using "The Sky" | ||
| 10/11 | #5 Angles and Parallax | ||
| 10/18 | #7 Planetary Orbits | ||
| 10/25 | #8 The Spectroscope | ||
| 11/1 | #9 Observing the Sun | ||
| 11/8 | #10 Internet Astronomy | ||
| 11/15 | Make-up | ||
| 11/22 | No class | ||
| 11/29 | Open | ||
| 12/6 | Open | ||