syllabus
& course
expectations
safety,
tardy, classroom computer use, and honesty
Universe/publisher link: register as a student to use the resources
Astronomy
Picture of the Day
the
latest astrophysics discoveries
what's up in the sky
this week
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August 26 |
August 27 |
August 28 |
August 29 |
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special schedule |
JIT (due
Friday) will be available sometime today on Moodle |
you'll need your second lab book, because we start a new lab today and you're handing in your other lab book today | JITdue by noon
today AFTER you have done the reading below.... all JITs are found on
the Astrophysics/Moodle page.... although only 80% of JITs are required, everyone should plan to do the first one, if only to try out the process; this one is also particularly easy; if you do extra JITs, you will get extra credit |
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(always done before class) |
Universe 5(5) + parts of Walker 25 - 28 |
5(6) in Universe |
today's
reading challenging! walker 28(1 up to, not including example 28-1) 28 (2, up through example 28-2) 28(6, up thru example 28-7) we will save 5(3) for tomorrow |
5(3) and its associated box 5-1 read the first and last pages of the lab (see below) |
5(4)... and associated box 5-2 |
things you should know the answer to before coming to class |
bring at least 5 more behaviors of light (beyond those that we did last friday) see the Walker references on the syllabus (but it doesn't have to be Walker.... other physics books will do; Wikipedia will not!) bring the laws that go with the behaviors as you read about two sides of a page of notes while you're reading would be appropriate |
know what physical states of matter produce what types of spectra are some states of matter not covered by the laws? which? |
from Walker know the formula for 2-slit (and multi-slit) constructive interference; and how they came about ric ways that matter can interact with light? what pairs of interactions are mutually exclusive? |
from Universe be able to state 3 ways in which a hotter blackbody's curve differs from that of a cooler blackbody what's a blackbody anyway? what are the 4 general ways that matter interacts with light? |
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homework (written assignments to be turned in) |
10 properties of a star that astronomers would want to know/deduce from measurements |
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Wikipedia
needs more physicists (on why Wikipedia science can be a joke) |
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image
processing lab due spectra lab begins |
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of the week |
A Clash of Clusters Provides a Clue
to Dark
Matter |
| Tuesday, August 19 |
August 20 |
August 21 |
August 22 |
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astronomical light detectors and image processing |
& then lab make sure that you have a lab book for today's class bring your PC to class today if you have installed the HOU software |
image
processing lab continues bring your PC to class today if you have installed the HOU software you'll need your calculator in class/lab today |
SIGNED (and you also have read it, right?) |
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(always done before class) |
6(4) |
the CCD handout that you got in class yesterday an electronic copy of the same is here |
Universe 5(1-2): what is light?
you should know some properties of light (e.g. wavelength or frequency) and some behaviors of light (e.g., reflection, refraction) see the Walker references on the syllabus perhaps you will learn some laws
that go with the behaviors as you read?
maybe two sides of a page of notes while you're reading? |
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you should know the answer to before coming to class |
what
2 advantages does a CCD detector have over photographic film and the
eye's retina? (the reading should tell you!) |
what are the three pieces of info astronomers can record about an incoming photon? |
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homework (written assignments to be turned in) |
number the odd pages of your lab book finish the browser5 part of the lab |
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directions for installing the HOU software (needed for lab tomorrow) on your PC are at Moodle .... after reaching the Moodle Software site, look for HOU under "Classroom Related" (mac people will have to use on the physics computers) |
image processing lab (I will have hard copies of this in class today) images for the image processing lab: (the only ones you should need are the first two; the rest are just backups).... to open an image DO NOT left click on the link; instead, right click and then save it to your directory fireball new browser 7 browser 2 browser 3 browser 4 browser 5 browser 6 lab guide (that gets taped on your inner sides of your lab book covers |
image processing lab continues in E block today directions for installing ds9 on your computer (probably not necessary for today, but you will eventually need it in order to finish the first lab) however, both HOU and ds9 are installed on all physics-floor public computers |
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of the week |
Measuring Cosmic Expansion from today's NY
Times
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