Astronomy 100101 Laboratories Tom Burbine Most Important Thing

Astronomy 100/101 Laboratories Tom Burbine

Most Important Thing • This lab is 25% of your total grade for the class.

TAs • Christine Brandon Zhon G. Butcher (1/2 time) Timothy Conklin Kathryn Ann Grasha (1/2 time) Shawn R. Roberts

Review #1 • This man is OFF the wall. He's hilarious. I honestly look forward to this class like no other. He mumbles sometimes, but he is SO funny. Also, his brilliance is obvious. Take this guy's classes!

Review #2 • This class sucks. He doesn't teach anything. the powerpoints are indecipherable. the formulas don't make any sense. The tests are hard, and he sucks.

Review #3 • Like what everyone else said. Pretty straightforward teacher, you do need to study for the exams though if you want a good grade. Drops lowest test and a couple lowest HW's. He is funny at times.

Goals of the Lab • The goals of the lab are to learn about the Sky. • Try to learn things that could be useful later in life.

Requirement • Everybody need to down Stellarium at • http: //www. stellarium. org • Stellarium is a free software program for looking at the night sky

Attendance • You need to attend lab every other week and one observing section at Orchard Hill • The lab will be broken up into two sections: Odd and Even

Odd and Even Mon. Sections • • Odd • Sept. 19 • Oct. 3 • Oct. 17 • Oct. 31 • Nov. 14 • Nov. 28 • • Even • Sept. 26 • Oct. 11 (Tuesday, which is Monday schedule) • Oct. 24 • Nov. 7 • Nov. 21 • Dec. 5

All Lectures • All lectures will be made available at the website: • http: //blogs. umass. edu/astron 100 -tburbine/

Assignments • There will be in-class assignments every lab • But most of the assignments will be done on Spark • https: //spark. oit. umass. edu

Grading • 20% - Class attendance – 6 Labs and one observing session at Orchard Hill • 20% - 6 Lab Assessments on Spark – Drop lowest grade • 20% - 11 observations of the night sky (one per week) (drop lowest 2 grades) posted in Discussions on Spark plus one “What I learned” Post • 20% - 11 observations of the Moon (one per week) (drop lowest 2 grades) posted in Discussions on Spark plus one “What I learned” Post • 20% - 11 observations of sunset (one per week) (drop lowest 2 grades) posted in Discussions on Spark plus one “What I learned” Post

Observing Projects • You will have 3 observing projects where you will make observations once a week – The sky – The Moon – The sunset • Next lab, I will explain how to plan and do the observations plus how to post them on Spark

If you miss a Lab • You should attend another Lab if possible • If you can’t , you need to give me an official excuse (e. g. , Dean’s note, Doctor’s note) to make it up

Orchard Hill Observatory • UMASS observatory • http: //www. astro. umass. edu/~orchardhill/

Orchard Hill • Every Thursday at dusk (weather permitting) with two hour sessions • You need to attend one this semester • First day is this week (September 15 th) (weather permitting) from 8 -9 pm and 9 -10 pm • There will be signup for 30 people for each hour session on Spark • Sessions may move to a different day if Thursday weather is typically bad

Orchard Hill

Academic Honesty • All work must be done by the individual. Cheating will be considered direct copying from another individual or from a website or book. Any assignment where cheating occurs will be given a grade of 0.

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