ASTR 1020 - Spring 2008 - Lab Synopsis

• There are 10 regularly schedueled labs. There are also 2 extra-credit labs available. Because this course is for lab credit, you must attend a minimum of 8 of these 12 lab meetings or you will receive a grade of ``F'' for the entire course! (Attending just the minimum 8 labs means that your maximum lab score cannot exceed 80%.)

• Lab sections are Monday and Tuesday evenings, from 7:55 to 9:55 pm. Please attend only your registered lab section! To switch lab nights, you must in fact drop the course and add the section that better suits your schedule. (We cannot guarantee that after dropping the course, your slot will be reserved for adding a different section. Neither the Instructor nor the Department can be responsible for reserving or otherwise ensuring you a space in the course if you choose to attempt drop-and-add.)

• A Lab Manual (for Astronomy II) is required. You will also need a calculator and Planet/Star Finder.

• Labs are to be completed and write-ups returned by the end of the lab sessions. No late lab write-ups will be accepted. You cannot make-up a missed lab.

• One of the optional labs (#23) is take-home. Students must go to a dark site to observe the Milky Way in the sky and answer questions about their observations. The lab will be due at the beginning of the last lecture of the semester, Thursday, April 24.

• Outdoor labs will be held at the observatory, regardless of weather. Remember to dress WARMLY (coat, hat, gloves) as needed as night temperatures can be quite cold.

• Maps to find the Planetarium and Observatory are provided overleaf.

• Below is the Lab Schedule, indicating the meeting place and labs for the different weeks. For outdoor labs, alternate indoor labs are indicated in the event of bad weather.
  

Week	Dates	Meeting	Outdoor	Indoor
		Location	Lab	Lab
1	Jan 14, 15	No Lab	--	--
2	Jan 21, 22, 5	No Lab	--	--
3	Jan 28, 29	Observatory	Lab #1: Constellations	(Lab #5: Distance Modulus)
4	Feb 4, 5	Brown 264	--	Lab #3: Planetarium
5	Feb 11, 12	Observatory	Lab #8: Deep Sky	(Lab #12: Galactic Survey)
6	Feb 18, 19	Brown 264	--	Lab #7: Photometry
7	Feb 25, 26	Observatory	Lab #10: Distances	(Lab #11: Distances)
8	Mar 3, 4	No Lab	--	--
9	Mar 10, 11	Brown 264	--	Lab #6: Spectra
10	Mar 17, 18	Observatory	Lab #17: Imaging	(Lab #13: Galaxies)
11	Mar 24, 25	Brown 264	--	Lab # 9: Mass-Loss
12	Mar 31, Apr 1	Observatory	Lab #4: Parallax	(Lab #16: Starburst Galaxy)
13	Apr 7, 8	Brown 264	--	Lab #18: Expansion
14	Apr 14, 15	Observatory	--	Lab#20 Mass-Luminosity Relation
15	Apr 21, 22	No Lab	--	--
16	Apr 28, 29	No Lab	--	--

* Lab #23 is an extra-credit take-home lab.