Welcome to AST1022L sections 0465 and 0466
I will post information relevant to the class here, so please check this site regularly!
Spring 2006 Syllabus Spring 2006 Night Lab Schedule
Map to Campus Teaching Observatory Lab Report Guidelines
TA: Leah Simon
Office: 317 Bryant Space Science Center
Phone: 392-2052 ext. 225
email: lsimon at ufl
Office Hours: T 12:00pm-2:00pm, Th 1:00pm-3:00pm
Campus Teaching Observatory Phone: 392-1016
Office: 317 Bryant Space Science Center
Phone: 392-2052 ext. 225
email: lsimon at ufl
Office Hours: T 12:00pm-2:00pm, Th 1:00pm-3:00pm
Campus Teaching Observatory Phone: 392-1016
Leah's Homepage
As the lectures occur I will post the powerpoint presentations here:
Craters of the Moon How big is the Sun Light is a Wave Astronomical Telescopes I Astronomical Telescopes II The Electronic Camera in Astronomy Astronomical Spectroscopy What is the Sun Made of? You can Weigh Jupiter Measuring the Hubble Constant A Radar Study of Mercury Features of the Moon Photometry of a Starcluster
Please note! Not all of the information you need is on the slides! You do actually need to come to lectures!
Announcements:
Second Night Lab is set for February 9th
We will be performing lab #14, Observe the Moon, from the lab manual. As always bring the lab, a writing untensil, a calculator and a flashlight.
Section 0438 will meet at CTO at 8:00pm
Section 0439 will meet at CTO at 9:00pm
Extra Credit points can be earned by going to the observatory public nights on Fridays from 8:30pm to 10pm on the dates which I will be present. I will inform you beforehand which dates these will be. If you go, make sure you look through all the telescopes and ask about the objects you are seeing. Be ready to describe them and talk about them briefly with me to show me what you have learned.
Public Night Webpage
First Night Lab is January 26th
We will be performing lab #16. Observe the Planets, from the lab manual. Please bring this lab along with you to the Observatory, as well as a pencil, a calculator and a flashlight.
Section 0438 meet at CTO at 8:00pm
Section 0439 meet at CTO at 9:00pm
Second Night Lab is set for February 9th
We will be performing lab #14, Observe the Moon, from the lab manual. As always bring the lab, a writing untensil, a calculator and a flashlight.
Section 0438 will meet at CTO at 8:00pm
Section 0439 will meet at CTO at 9:00pm
Extra Credit points can be earned by going to the observatory public nights on Fridays from 8:30pm to 10pm on the dates which I will be present. I will inform you beforehand which dates these will be. If you go, make sure you look through all the telescopes and ask about the objects you are seeing. Be ready to describe them and talk about them briefly with me to show me what you have learned.
Public Night Webpage
First Night Lab is January 26th
We will be performing lab #16. Observe the Planets, from the lab manual. Please bring this lab along with you to the Observatory, as well as a pencil, a calculator and a flashlight.
Section 0438 meet at CTO at 8:00pm
Section 0439 meet at CTO at 9:00pm