ASTR110G-M06: Spring 2009 Laboratory Schedule

Schedule is subject to sudden changes as the semester goes on.

WeekLaboratory ExerciseLab No.Date
Week 01: Lab Introduction (Math review) #1      27 January
Week 02: The Power of Light: Understanding Spectroscopy #11      03 February
Week 03: Kepler's Laws and Gravitation II #7      10 February
Week 04: Our Sun #12      17 February
Week 05: Measuring Distances Using Parallax #9      24 February
Week 06: The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram #13      03 March
Week 07: The Origin of the Seasons #2      10 March
Week 08: The Surface of the Moon #3      17 March
Week 09: Shaping Surfaces in the Solar System: The Impacts of Comets and Asteroids #4      31 March
Week 10: Galaxy Morphology #15      07 April
Week 11: Hubble's Law: Finding the Age of the Universe #17      14 April
Week 12: How Many Galaxies Are There in the Universe? #16      21 April




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