Astronomy 305G-02

Liz Klimek
Office: Astronomy Building Room 107
Phone: 646-4834
Email: eklimek [at] nmsu.edu
Mailbox: Astronomy Building Room 101
Office Hours: Tues: 2:30-3:30pm, Wed: 1:30-2:30pm, or by appointment

General Info:

You're welcome to come see me if you have any questions or just want to discuss any topics being studied in class! If you can't make it to either of my office hours, just email me and we can set up a time that will work.

Late Homework:

Please make every effort to get things turned in on time. This helps to keep both your life and my life sane! I will take homework up to a week late, but your score will be lowered by 10 percent.

Regarding Emailing Homework:

If for some reason you can't come to class or you forgot to bring your homework with you, you can email it to me. If you do so, please do not send a .docx file (the current default format for Word/Office 2007), as currently I do not have a way to open this file format. Try resaving the file as .doc or .txt. If that doesn't work, just copy and paste your work into an email and send it to me that way.
Also, whenever you email me, I will always respond to let you know that I got your message. This means that if you don't get a response from me within a day, resend your message! (I don't know how it happens, but stuff does get lost in cyberspace.)

I will update this site periodically, so you might want to check it from time to time. If there's any major, important change in the information here, I will make sure it gets announced in class.

Lecture Material:
Here are pdf files for the lectures that I gave:
March 11, 2008: Mass Extinction
March 13, 2008: Signs of Life
April 17, 2008: Answered Questions
April 17, 2008: Drake Equation
April 22, 2008: Answered Questions
April 22, 2008: SETI

Cool Links:
PlanetQuest
The sky tonight
Mars Rovers
SETI