Note: The laboratory section of this course is required for students registered for 4 semester hours.
The laboratory manual is: Imaging the Universe (2005 edition) by Mutel & Cook.
The laboratory graduate Teaching Assistants are:
| Name | Office | Phone | |
| Juan Diaz | juan-diaz@uiowa.edu | 658A | 335-1936 |
| Ted Jaeger | theodore-jaeger@uiowa.edu | TBD | 335-xxxx |
| Alex Bulmahn | alexander-bulmahn@uiowa.edu | 658A | 335-1936 |
The laboratory sections are
|
Section |
Day |
Time |
Room |
N |
TA |
|
21 |
Tues |
8:30 - 10:30 |
666 |
- |
Ted |
|
23 |
Tues |
10:30-12:20 |
666 |
- |
Alex |
|
25 |
Tues |
2:30-4:20 |
666 |
- |
Juan |
|
41 |
Thurs |
8:30-10:20 |
666 |
- |
Ted |
|
43 |
Thurs |
10:30-12:20 |
666 |
- |
Alex |
|
45 |
Thurs |
12:30-2:20 |
666 |
- |
Juan |
|
47 |
Thurs |
2:30-4:20 |
666 |
- |
Juan |
|
49 |
Thurs |
4:30-6:20 |
666 |
- |
Juan |
The laboratory schedule is
| Week | Title |
Lab Nr. |
Points |
Notes |
| January 23 - 27 | Astronomy with computers |
1 |
20 |
|
| Jan 30 - Feb 3 | Angels and Parallax |
2 |
20 |
|
| February 6 -10 | Celestial sphere |
3 |
10 |
|
| February 13 - 17 | Image Analysis I: Basic Techniques |
4 |
20 |
|
| February 20 - 24 | Tri-Color Imaging |
5 |
10 |
|
| Feb 27 - Mar 3 | Solar Observations or Research Workday |
25 |
25 |
|
| March 6 - 10 | Solar Observations or research Workday | |||
| March 13 - 17 | SPRING BREAK | |||
| March 20 - 24 | Spectroscopy Lab |
11 |
25 |
|
| March 27- 31 | Age and Distance to Stellar Cluster |
12 |
20 |
|
| April 3 - 7 | Research Project Workday | |||
| April 19 - 14 | Redshift of Galaxies |
16 |
10 |
|
| April 17 - 21 | Research Project Workday | |||
| April 24 - 28 | Final Research Presentations I |
50 |
||
| May 1 - 5 | Final Research Presentations II |
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