Astronomy 130L: Astronomy II Lab

Section 2 Fall 2011

 

Lab Day:  Wednesday

Location: Rita Liddy Hollings Science Center, room 126

Time: 4:00-7:00PM (section 2)

 

 

Instructor: Dr. George Chartas

Office: 129 RHSC

Office hours: TR 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm

Phone: (843) 953-3609

Email: chartasg@cofc.edu

 

Schedule

DATE

LAB ACTIVITY

NOTES

31 Aug

Ch. 30 Radiation (Spectrum Explorer Version)

 

7 Sept

Ch. 31 Creation of Emission Spectra

 

14 Sept

(1) Ch. 32 Reflection & Refraction; (2) Ch. 33 Telescopes

 

21 Sept

(1) Video: Universe – The Sun; (2) Ch. 17 Solar Discovery

 

 28 Sept

(1) Ch. 37 Magnitudes; (2) Ch. 41 The H-R Diagram

 

5 Oct

(1) Ch. 38 Eclipsing Binaries; (2) Ch. 40 Spectral Classification

 

12 Oct

Ch. 42 Bright and Dark Clouds of the Milky Way

 

19 Oct

(1) Ch. 43 Cepheid Variables; (2) Ch. 44 RR-Lyrae

 

26 Oct

Ch. 46 The Crab

 

2 Nov

Ch. 47 SgrA*

 

9 Nov

SDSS Galaxies

 

16 Nov

SDSS Quasars

 

23 Nov

(1) Ch. 52 Hubble Expansion Velocity; (2) Ch. 53 Hubble's Law