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Room 315 will be open from 5:00PM to 8:00PM if you have any makeup work to complete.   Check the grade link above to see which labs (if any) you are missing.  The makeup assignments are listed below.

 

We will meet in room 125 to review for the final exam between 8:00PM and 9:00PM.

 

Room 315 will be open again at 9:00PM if you have any remaining work to do.   A check list for your Google Web Site is also given below.

If you are missing a lab grade due to an excused absences, then you can complete one of the following exercises and turn it in at the final exam.  If you have two excused absences then you can complete both.

Makeup Lab A

Makeup Lab B

Project Two - Image 1 - Trifid Nebula

Project Two - Image 2 - Jupiter

Project Two - Image 3 - M101 Galaxy

Project Two - Image 4 - Asteroid Animation

Lab 7 - Moon

Lab 7 - Jupiter

Lab 9 - Deep Sky Messier Object

Lab 11 - Asteroid Animation

 

 

Your Google Sites

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Alders

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Calkins

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Fluegel

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Garcia

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Hamilton

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Hanks

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Hawkins

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Hines

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Holcomb

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Howard

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305James

https://sites.google.com/site/asronomy305lasala/

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Ngo

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Plummer

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Poole

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Russell

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Sessions

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305WeimingTie

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Turner

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Weatherby

https://sites.google.com/site/Astronomy305Williams

AST305 will meet in room 125 of the Science Building on Wednesday, May 2nd.

Astronomy 305 will meet at the SFA Observatory at 8:00PM on Wednesday, April 25th.

We will meet in room 125 of the Science Building at 8:00PM on 4/20/2012.

Astronomy 305 will meet at the SFA Observatory at 8:00PM on Wednesday, April 18th.

 

Tonight`s Activities:

Part A - Saturn Lab using 8" Telescopes - Lab 8

Part B - Finish 2nd Page of Lab  7 by imaging Saturn rather than Jupiter using the 18" Telescope

Part C - Begin Imaging of Messier Objects Lab 9 using the 16" Telescope

Exam 3 will be given at the SFA Observatory at 8:00PM on Friday, April 13th.

 

http://tinyurl.com/JavaBinaryStars  

Astronomy 305 will meet at the SFA Observatory at 8:00PM on Wednesday, April 11th.

 

If it is clear, we will finish the Messier Lab that we started a few weeks ago:

http://astro.sfasu.edu/courses/ast305/homework/Lab06-Messier%20Objects.doc

 

Be sure to bring your Practice Exam:

http://astro.sfasu.edu/courses/ast305/homework/Practice%20Exam%203%20-%20Take%20Home.doc

 

You may also work on Project Two during the free time this evening if you did not finish this project:

http://astro.sfasu.edu/courses/ast305/homework/Project02-CCD%20Image%20Processing.doc

 

 

Astronomy 305 will meet at the SFA Observatory at 8:00PM on Wednesday, April 4th.

We will meet in room 125 of the Science Building at 8:00PM on 3/30/2012.

We will meet in room 125 of the Science Building at 8:00PM on 3/28/2012.

 

Project One - CCD Photometry

Video Tutorial #1: CCD Imagining and Maxim DL

Video Tutorial #2: CCD Photometry

Animation:  Computer Model of FZ Orion

Modeling Software: StarLight Pro

Astronomy 305 will meet at the SFA Observatory at 8:00PM on Friday, March 23rd.

Astronomy 305 will meet at the SFA Observatory at 8:00PM on Wednesday, March 21st.

Exam 2 will be given on Wednesday, 3/7/2012 at 8:00PM in room 125 of the science building.

 

Homework 3 Solutions

http://astro.sfasu.edu/courses/ast305/solutions/homework3-2012.html

 

Homework 4 Solutions

http://astro.sfasu.edu/courses/ast305/solutions/homework4-2012.html

 

Homework 5 Solutions

http://astro.sfasu.edu/courses/ast305/solutions/homework5-2012.html

 

Attendance on Friday, 2/9/2012 is not required for your attendance grade.

I will be at the observatory at 8:00PM if you would like to begin the next CCD imaging exercise.

I recommend attending class on Friday if you have makeup work to do or

if you anticipate missing class between now and the final exam.

 

 

We will meet in room 125 at 8:00PM on Friday, 3/2/2012. See you soon!

We will meet in room 125 at 8:00PM on Wednesday, 2/29/2012. See you soon!

CLEA: http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~marschal/clea/pleilab.html

We will meet in room 125 at 8:00PM on Friday, 2/24/2012. See you soon!

Astronomy 305 will meet at the SFA Observatory at 8:00PM on Wednesday, February 22nd.

 

Tonight we will be testing on the 12-stars and 12-constellations with the green laser.

 

Also, there will be a one-page lab involving the moons of Jupiter...

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/javascript/jupiter

 ...and the phases of Venus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phases_Venus.jpg

We will meet in room 125 at 8:00PM on Friday, 2/17/2012.  See you soon!

We will meet in room 125 at 8:00PM on Wednesday, 2/15/2012.   There will be a short lecture followed by computer lab exercise.  See you soon!

Exam 1 will be given in room 125 of the science building at 8:00PM on Friday, 2/10/2012.

Reminder: Please see the side bar to the left for the review sheet for Exam 1.

Astronomy 305 will meet at the observatory at 8:00PM on Wednesday, 2/8/2012.  I understand that some students have an exam in another class from 6-8pm and may be arriving late.  Those students that are not in that class will be divided into 2 groups at 8:00PM.  One group will use the 16" telescope with Collin and the other group will work with me on the 18" telescope.   We will locate the following objects using these 2 telescopes:

1. Polaris or Kocab
2. Sirius
3. Betelgeuse
4. Procyon
5. Canopus
6. Dubhe or Alcor & Mizar
7. Regulus
8. Arneb (in Lepus)
9. Castor or Pollux
10. Merach (in Andromeda)
11. Mirfak (in Perseus)
12. Capella
13. Schedar
14. Aldebaran
15. Hamal (in Aries)

Note that this is not a graded exercise.   It is an exercise that will help you become familiar with how to use the 18" and 16" telescopes as well as help prepare you for the star-identification exercise on Exam 1.

 

Once all of the students have arrived at the obsevatory the groups will swap telescopes (with those using the 16" telescope moving to the 18" telescope and vice versa).

 

Between 9:00PM and 9:30PM we will go into the classroom to see if you have any questions on the take-home Practice Exam:  http://astro.sfasu.edu/courses/ast305/homework/Practice%20Exam%20I%20-%20Take%20Home.doc

Astronomy 305 will meet in room 125 in the Science Building at 8:00PM on Friday, 2/3/2012.   The class will likely go to the planetarium to learn 15 constellations and 15 stars.  The first exam will be given on Friday, February 10th.   The review sheet is available in the left side-bar of this site.

Try Google Sky.   It uses the SFA constellations lines.

 

Class will meet at the SFA Observatory at 8:00PM on Wednesday, 2/1/2012.

We will finish the star-drifting exercise (Lab 2) and begin Lab 3.

You should have a chance to look through 16" telescope tonight too!

Class will meet at the SFA Observatory at 8:00PM on Friday, 1/27/2012.

We will not meet at the Stone Fort first.

 

Click on the link below to join the Astronomy 305 Facebook group for discussions about astronomy and to make carpool plans:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/265249543540599

 

Printable Map

http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/observatory/Observatory_Map.pdf

The AST305 class will meet on campus in room 125 of the Science Building at 8:00PM on Wednesday, 1/25/2012.

Class will meet at the SFA Observatory at 8:00PM on Friday, 1/20/2012.

Dr. B will be at the Stone Fort on campus at SFA at 7:30PM and leave campus at 7:31PM.   :-)

 

Click on the link below to join the Astronomy 305 Facebook group for discussions about astronomy and to make carpool plans:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/265249543540599

 

Printable Map

http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/observatory/Observatory_Map.pdf

Map:  http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/observatory/tour_form.html

 

AST 305 will meet in room 125 of the science building from 8:00pm to 10:15pm on 1/18/2012.

 

There are 2 books for the course:

 

Practical Astronomy with your Calculator (paperback)
Cambridge Univ. Press
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780521146548

 

Stars and Planets
Peterson Field Guides
4th Edition
ISBN: 9870395934319

The honors projects are for those students that have been admitted to the Honors Program at SFA.
See Dr. Tkacik for an honors contract in room 381 of the McKibben Education Building.
http://www.sfasu.edu/honors/about/index.asp

These projects below are not for extra credit but instead they are extra requirements for those students.

To receive honors credit for Astronomy 305, each student must complete all homework assignments,
lab exercises and exams. The following must also be completed and turned in on exam days:

• Exam I Day:
• Home Observing Project 1 - The Astrolabe
• Exam II Day:
• Home Observing Project 2 - The Size of the Sun
• Exam III Day:
• Home Observing Project 3 - The Cross Staff
• Exam IV Day:
• Home Observing Project 4 - The Sidereal Period of the Moon

The GLOBE at Night program is an international citizen-science campaign which encourages community involvement. Citizen-scientists measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations to a website from a computer or smart phone. For the last six years, the GLOBE at Night campaign has typically ran for two weeks each winter/spring. People in 115 countries have contributed 66,000 measurements, making GLOBE at Night one of the most successful night sky awareness campaigns. The next campaign in 2012 offers four opportunities for night sky observers to participate in GLOBE at Night. These dates are:

 

January 14-23

February 12-21

March 13-22

April 11-20

 

http://www.globeatnight.org/index.html

Magnetic Declination Links (For the Sun Dial)

• Estimated Value of Magnetic Declination
• North Pole Drift Map

 

Team 1:    41" CCD  -  Lab 7 Exercise

 

Team 2:     Wide Angle CCD

 

Team 3:    18" CCD

 

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How to Use the Wide Angle CCD Camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzce83Tpw5U

 

How to Use the 18" Telescope

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYXVyZ5h9i0