| Lectures | Labs | |||||||
| Week | Topic | Date | Moon | Observing Lab (RHO) | Indoor Lab – Wednesday 7:00 | |||
| 24-Aug | - | 26-Aug | Introduction | 25-Aug | FQ+2 | No Lab | ||
| 31-Aug | - | 2-Sep | Coordinates and Time | 1-Sep | F+3 | |||
| 7-Sep | - | 9-Sep | Coordinates and Time | 8-Sep | LQ+2 | Intro to RHO | ||
| 14-Sep | - | 16-Sep | Atmospheric Effects | 15-Sep | N+1 | Backup | HOA 2: Light is a Wave | |
| 21-Sep | - | 23-Sep | Basic Optics | 22-Sep | FQ+1 | Planning Observations | ||
| 28-Sep | - | 30-Sep | Telescope Basics | 29-Sep | F+1 | HOA 3, 4: The Astronomical Telescope I & II | ||
| 5-Oct | - | 7-Oct | Telescope Optics | 6-Oct | LQ+2 | Intro to Telescopes (RHO) | HOA 5: Electronic Camera | |
| 12-Oct | - | 14-Oct | Detector Basics | 13-Oct | N+1 | Backup | HOA 6: Astronomical Spectroscopy | |
| 19-Oct | - | 21-Oct | CCDs | 20-Oct | FQ | Color Imaging (RHO) | ||
| 26-Oct | - | 28-Oct | CCD imaging | 27-Oct | F | IDL | ||
| 2-Nov | - | 4-Nov | Introduction to Statistics | 3-Nov | LQ-2 | Color Imaging (RHO) | IDL | |
| 9-Nov | Introduction to Data Analysis | 10-Nov | N-2 | Color Imaging (RHO) | Practice with Data Analysis & IDL | |||
| 16-Nov | - | 18-Nov | Photometry | 17-Nov | FQ-2 | Color Imaging (RHO) | Reduction and Photometry | |
| 23-Nov | - | 25-Nov | Thanksgiving – No class | 24-Nov | F-2 | Thanksgiving – No Lab | ||
| 30-Nov | - | 2-Dec | Light Curves | 1-Dec | LQ-3 | Creating Light Curves | ||
| 7-Dec | Spectroscopy | 8-Dec | N-3 | No Lab | ||||
| HOA : Hands on Astronomy | ||||||||
| Other indoor Labs | ||||||||
| Lectures | ||||||||