Astronomy 130L: Astronomy II Lab
Section L91 Spring 2010
Lab Day: Monday
Location: Rita
Liddy Hollings Science Center, room 108
Time:
7:00-10:00PM (section L91)
Instructor: Dr.
George Chartas
Office: 129 RHSC
Office
hours: MWF 2:00-3:00 pm
Phone: (843)
953-3609
Email:
chartasg@cofc.edu
Schedule
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DATE |
LAB
ACTIVITY |
NOTES |
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18 Jan |
Martin Luther King Holiday observed --
No Classes |
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25 Jan |
Ch. 2 Radiation (Spectrum Explorer Version) |
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1 Feb |
Ch. 3 Creation of Emission Spectra |
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8 Feb |
(1) Ch. 4 Reflection & Refraction; (2) Ch. 5
Telescopes |
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15 Feb |
Ch. 11 Parallax (Outdoor Lab) |
For non-observing conditions
the lab will be Ch. 8 |
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22 Feb |
(1) Video: Universe – The Sun; (2) Ch. 8
Solar Discovery |
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1 Mar |
(1) Ch. 14 Star Colors; (2) Ch. 15 Spectral
Classification (Outdoor Lab) |
For non-observing conditions
the lab will be Ch. 12 and Ch. 16. |
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8 Mar |
SPRING BREAK! |
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15 Mar |
(1) Ch. 12 Magnitudes; (2) Ch. 16 The H-R Diagram |
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22 Mar |
(1) Ch. 13 Eclipsing Binaries; (2) Ch. 18 Cepheid
Variables |
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29 Mar |
(1) Ch. 17 Bright & Dark Clouds of the Milky
Way; (2) Handout(Outdoor Lab) |
For non-observing conditions the lab will be Ch.
22 |
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5 Apr |
Ch. 22 Galaxies |
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12 Apr |
Ch. 20 Pulsars |
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19 Apr |
(1) Ch. 23 Hubble Expansion Velocity; (2) Ch. 24
Hubble's Law |
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26 Apr |
Make-up lab: Handout(Telescopes and
Observatories) |
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