General Astronomy Laboratory

Instructor: Bill Peterson
Email: william-peterson[at]uiowa.edu
Office: 704 VAN
Phone: (319)335-3007

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Schedule

Dates Topic Notes
1/22, 23 Laboratory Spectroscopy (p. 81)
1/29, 30 Properties of the Sun (p. 56)
2/5, 6 Eclipsing Binaries (p. 192)
2/12, 13 Spectral Classification of Stars (p. 75)
2/19, 20 Stellar Properties Using BVRI Photometry (p. 180)
2/26, 27 Age and Distance of a Stellar Cluster (p. 89)
3/5, 6 Laboratory presentation Hand in first draft of lab report
3/19, 20 Radio Astronomy of Pulsars (p. 104) Hand in final draft of lab report
3/26, 27 Research Project Planning Hand in research project proposal
4/2, 3 Properties of Supernovae (p. 96)
4/9, 10 Research project analysis
4/16, 17 The Redshift of Galaxies (p. 130)
4/23, 24 Research project analysis Complete first draft of presentation/report
4/30, 5/1 Research project presentations Hand in research project write-up