PHYSICS 134 - COURSE OUTLINE
WEEK |
TOPIC | Notes |
| Tues Mar 30 | Class plan, schedule. [Computing basics, Linux] |
Lab 1 Read [T]aylor ch 1 |
| Thurs April 1 | [catalog files, counting experiments] | Read [T] sec 2.1-2.5 and 3.2, unix tutorial, vi tutorial] |
| Tues April 6 | [ds9, celestial coordinates] | Read [T] sec 2.6-2.9 |
| Thurs April 8 | LAB 1 Due. [rise/set times, focal length, image scale] | Lab 2 Read [T] sec 3.1-3.6 |
| Mon Apr 12 | 1st Observing night with Sedgwick ***One night REQUIRED*** | |
| Tues April 13 | [open clusters, globulars, galaxies] | Read [T] sec 3.7-3.11. 2nd Observing night with Sedgwick ***One night REQUIRED*** |
| Thurs April 15 | Read [T] sec 4.1-4.3. | |
| Tues April 20 | LAB 2 Due. [SExtractor, magnitudes] | Lab 3 Read [T] sec 4.4-4.6. |
| Wed Apr 21 | 3rd Observing night with Sedgwick ***One night REQUIRED*** | |
| Thurs April 22 | [xmgrace] | Read [T] sec 5.1-5.3. 4th Observing night with Sedgwick ***One night REQUIRED*** |
| Tues April 27 | [col_select] | Read [T] sec 5.4-5.6. |
| Thurs Apr 29 | [Project expectations.] | Read [T] sec 5.7-5.8. |
| Tues May 4 | LAB 3 Due. [SExtractor features] | Lab 4 Read [T] sec 8.1-8.4. |
| Thurs May 6 | [Fitting lines in xmgrace] | Read [T] sec 8.5-8.6. |
| Tues May 11 | [Stellar Evolution] | |
| Thurs May 13 | [Clusters and color-magnitude diagrams] | |
| Tues May 18 | LAB 4 Due. [matchstar] | Lab 5 Imaging night at LCOGT, 8-10 PM ***REQUIRED*** |
| Thurs May 20 | ||
| Tues May 25 | ||
| Thurs May 27 | ||
| Tues June 1 | PROJECT PRESENTATION | (See Posted Schedule) |
| Thurs June 3 | ***Written Reports (LAB 5) due*** PROJECT PRESENTATION | (See Posted Schedule) |