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Professor Catherine Pilachowski
Email: catyp@astro.indiana.edu
Phone:855-6913
Office: 315 Swain Hall West

Associate Instructors:
Randy Hamper
Email: rthamper-at-indiana.edu
Phone: 855-0317
Office: 326 Swain Hall West

Michael Young
Email: youngmd-at-indiana.edu
Phone: 855-0317
Office: 326 Swain Hall West

Syllabus

Schedule

Text: Observational Astronomy, 2nd Edition, by Birney, Gonzalez, and Oesper, Cambridge University Press

Lab Assignments

• Lab Overview
• Telescope Log
• Lab 1 - Kirkwood Observatory
• Lab 2 - Solar Observing
• Lab 3 - Basic Rooftop Operations
• Lab 4 - Advanced Rooftop Operations
• Lab 5 - CCD Imaging
• Lab 6 - CCD Reductions
  • U Cyg finding chart
  • L111 finding chart
• Lab 7 - Algol Eclipse
• Lab 8 - IR Photometry
• Lab 9 - Composition of the Sun
• Lab 10 - Velocity Dispersion of M13
• Lab 11 - Making Color Pictures
• Lab 12 - Service Learning at Kirkwood Obs.
• Lab 13/14 - Observing with the WIYN 0.9-m
• Lab 15/16 - Observing with the MMSF 1.25-m
• Lab 17 - Special Project

A305 Documentation

• Safety Rules
• IRAF in SW246
• Making Finding Charts
• Telescope Specifications
• Vi Editor

Useful Links

• The A480 class at the University of Washington offers IRAF and other documentation and tutorials, as well as links to other useful on-line information.

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