Lab News


DO NOT PRINT LABS USING THE WEB VERSION, I WILL TAKE POINTS OFF!

Grades are up to date and online now as of Tuesday, April 28th. Anything not turned in so far is now late and worth 50% of the original score.

The grade sheet can be found HERE

Lab materials are available at the Kinkos on University Ave for $19, please mention you need a Lab Manual for ASTRONOMY 110. You can also print out the labs from the online version (3.6MB PDF). But please, save a tree or three and only print out the lab(s) that you need!

If you haven't yet, you need to fill out the Lab Questionaire

Contact Information

Ryan T. Hamilton
New Mexico State University
Department of Astronomy
P.O. Box 30001, MSC 4500
Las Cruces, NM 88003

Office: 108 Astronomy
Phone: (575) 646-6328
Email: rthamilt (at) nmsu.edu

About Me

I am a third year graduate student in Astronomy here at NMSU, working with Dr. Tom Harrison on several questions about the evolutionary history of cataclysmic variable secondary stars. More information can be found on my Research page above, where you can find information about my previous projects and interests as well.

Lab Lectures

Lab 1, Introduction
Lab 3, Moon
Lab 4, Comets
Lab 5, Terr. Planets
Lab 7, Kepler's Laws
Lab 9, Parallax
Lab 11, Spectra
Lab 12, Our Sun
Lab 13, HR Diagram
Lab 14, Galaxy Map
Lab 15: Galaxy Morph.
Lab 17, Hubble's Law

Useful Links

Lab Manual
Campus Observatory
Observatory Sheet
NMSU Astronomy
Simbad
Astro-ph
Astron omy ADS
JD Convertor
APOD

Sample Lab Summaries:
What TO do
What NOT TO do