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Syllabus
Lectures
Homeworks
Obs Info
A399 Home
Meech homepage
Meech homepage
IfA Homepage
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The handouts for each class period are listed here. For those which are in
digital format, I have included links in pdf and postscript formats.
(For some of the items I had trouble getting the postscript converted to pdf,
so pdf at present is unavailable).
| Cls |
Date |
Handouts |
| 1 |
01/24/03 |
- Syllabus
pdf
ps
- Lecture Notes [pdf]
[ps]
- Astronomical Photometry, Henden & Kaitchuck, pp. 1-19, 32-34, 50-53
- Physical Principals of Remote Sensing, W. G. Rees, pp. 74-81.
- Celestial Coordinate Systems (TOPS)
pdf
ps
- Magnitude and Distance (TOPS)
ps
- Julian Day Calendar (TOPS)
ps
- Data Reduction & Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences, P. R.
Bevington, p. 60-79
- A User's Guide to CCD Reductions with IRAF, P. Massey
pdf
ps
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| 2 |
01/28/03 |
- Examples of UT and ST calculations (from Astronomical Almanac)
- GMST @ 0h UT tables from Jan and Feb 2003 (from USNO Web)
- Celestial Sphere lecture notes
ps
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| 3 |
02/03/03 |
- Norton's 2000.0 Star Atlas - Maps 1-12 & Interesting objects
- Hawaii's Sky Tonight - Feb/2003
- IfA Friends Star Charts - Jan 2003
- AAVSO var star catalog chart 83 (Orion) & scale
- Uranometria 2000 catalog - Chart 228 - Orion region
- Uranometria 2000 catalog - Chart 377 - Scorpio/Sagittarius region
- WW Vul Finder [postscript], [pdf] - AAVSO
- Z CMa Finder [postscript], [pdf] - AAVSO
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| 4 |
02/07/03 |
- Hmwk 2-[pdf]
[ps]
- Variable Star list-[pdf]
[ps]
- Beta Per Star chart (AAVSO)-[pdf]
[ps]
[gif]
- Variable Star log sheet-[pdf]
[ps]
- Sample log sheet-[pdf]
[ps]
- Var Star of the Month (AAVSO) [pdf]
[html]
- Variable star mag meas. from AAVSO HOA, chap 6
- Types of Variable Stars (AAVSO) [html article]
- AAVSO HOA - Making Obs, Chap 2-[pdf]
[ps]
- AAVSO HOA - Sample Observation, Chap 7-[pdf]
- Hmwk 1 solutions
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| 5 |
02/14/03 |
- Lec notes 1 - Fluxes & Filters - [pdf]
[ps]
- Lec notes 5 - Telescopes & Instr. - [pdf]
[ps]
- Mag Estimate Exercise results - [pdf]
[ps]
- Homework 3 - [pdf]
[ps]
- Hmwk 3 Chart - [pdf]
[ps]
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| 6 |
02/21/03 |
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| 7 |
02/28/03 |
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| 8 |
04/04/03 |
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| 9 |
04/07/03 |
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| 10 |
04/14/03 |
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| 11 |
05/02/03 |
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