ASTR 129L (L06): Introductory Astronomy I Lab
(Fall 2012)

  1. (29 Aug) (1) Introduction to Lab (Professor Lindner); (2) Take Home "Internet Lab" (due next week at beginning of lab)

  2. (5 Sep) (1) Review of Goals, Syllabus, and Procedures (Professor Neff); (2) Student Introductions; (3) Telescope Training (Brooks Ballentine); (4) Telescope Quiz (5) Field of View (#3 in lab manual); (6) Angular Size (#2 in lab manual); (7) Angles and Field of View Quiz

  3. (12 Sep) (1) Celestial Globes (#6 in lab manual); (2) Celestial Globes Part II (#7 in lab manual);

  4. (19 Sep) (1) Moon Phase on the Celestial Globes (#13 in lab manual + handout) (2) Celestial Globes Quiz

  5. (26 Sep) (1) Rotating Star Charts (#8 in lab manual); (2) Advanced Rotating Star Charts (#27 in lab manual)

  6. (3 Oct) Mission To Mars (#29 in lab manual)

  7. (10 Oct) (1) Outdoor Techniques #1 (observing lab) using (2) Telescope SetUp Checklist

  8. (17 Oct) (1) Video: Blue Planet; (2) Greenhouse Effect (handout and #23 in lab manual)

  9. (24 Oct) Lunar Observing - The Apollow Landing Sites (handout)

  10. (31 Oct) Cratering (#17 in lab manual)

  11. (7 Nov) (1) Video - "From Earth to the Moon" Apollo 15 and Lunar Science; (2) Lunar Features (#20 in lab manual); (3) Observing Jupiter with 16" telescope

  12. (14 Nov) Solar Discovery lab (#18) with a supplement and a quiz.

    (22 Nov) NO LAB - THANKSGIVING!

  13. (28 Nov) Last lab! We will have pizza and a movie and then class discussion about the possibility of life in the solar system other than on Earth.