ASTRO 293

Observational Astronomy Laboratory

Matthew A. Bershady

Spring 1997
215 Osmond
Tuesdays, 7:35-9:30 PM
office hours

Course Information

Syllabus (postscript)
- Course Overview
- Requirements
Labs and lab schedule
Observational Project

Spring 1997, Course Grades: click here

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LABS
1. Positional Astronomy: Determining Celestial Coordinates and Time	2 weeks *due*: Jan 28
2. The Nature of Light: Identifying Elements from their Spectra	2 weeks *due*: Feb 11
3. Stellar Spectroscopy: Measuring A Star's Temperature From Its Spectrum	1 week *due*: Feb 25
4. Binary Stars and Stellar Masses: Gravity and Kepler's Laws	1 week *due*: Mar 4
5. Parallax: Methods for Measuring Distances in Astronomy	1 week *due*: Mar 18
6. The Distance to a Star Cluster	2 weeks *due*: Mar 25
7. The Age of a Star Cluster	1 week *due*: Apr 1 (no kidding!)
8. Observational Project	5 weeks *due*: Apr 29 / Apr 30

Printing in Osmond 215

Our class IS set up to print on the Astronomy Department's printer in Osmond 215.

When everything is setup, you can print a file from the unix prompt ('%') by typing:

% lpr -Pastroprt [filename]

(you don't type the '[]' ) To print, for example, the postscript lab write-ups, select the print option and specify 'astroprt' when the dialog (popup) box appears with this prompt.

Logging in from outside Osmond 215

Yes, you can log in to the system from outside Osmond 215.

To log in to sunspot, telnet in as usual.
To log in to o190, telnet to rs6klab.cac.psu.edu.

Last updated: Jan 28, 1997 Matthew A. Bershady