Laboratories
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Dates
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Topic
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Reading
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Assignment
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8/24
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Introduction to CCDs,
CCDs and Plate
scale |
1-1.2, 2-2.1, 2.4, 4.1
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1-4, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-21 due 9/3 |
8/31
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Introduction
to Python
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9/7
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Labor day
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9/14
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Stellar photometry and astrometry -
observations
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3.1-3.9 |
3-7, 3-8, 3-13, 3-14 due 9/14
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9/21 |
Readout
noise and dark current |
4.3-4.5, 5.1, 5.4 |
4-1, 4-13, 4-14 due 9/21
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9/28 |
Signal to noise
|
5.1-5.2, 5.4-5.5 |
5-1,
5-3, 5-6 due 9/28
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10/5
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Stellar
photometry |
5.3, 5.7
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5-8, 5-12, 5-14 due 10/5 |
10/12
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Stellar
spectroscopy - observations |
6.1-6.5 |
6-4, 6-8, 6-14 due 10/12
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10/19
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Spectroscopy in
the lab |
6.6, 6.7
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6-16 pick the WFC3 grisms on HST
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10/26 |
Astrometry
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5.8, 5.9 |
5-16 due 10/26 |
11/2
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Project status presentations |
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11/9
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Stellar spectroscopy |
7.1-7.4 |
7-1,
7-2, 7-3 due 11/9 |
11/16
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Work day, first draft project reports due
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11/23
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Thanksgiving break
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11/30
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Project work day
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12/7
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Project presentations
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