Astronomical Laboratory - ASTR:4850 - Spring 2018

News:
Starting with the second lab, we may be on the roof for most of the class, so please remember to bring warm clothes.
Results from the first lab.

When:	Tuesdays 6:30-9:15 pm
Where:	655 VAN
What:	Syllabus Laboratories/Homework Research Projects
Who:	Prof. Kaaret 702 Van Allen Hall 319-335-1985 philip-kaaret@uiowa.edu Office hours: Monday 10-11:30 am and Tuesday 2:30-4:00 pm or by appointment. Patrick Wilcox 607 Van Allen Hall patrick-wilcox@uiowa.edu

Observatory information:
Twitter: @VA_Observatory
Facebook: facebook.com/VanAllenObservatories

Links:
Handbook of CCD Astronomy via UI Libraries
Orion StarShoot G3 Deep Space Imaging Camera
Sony ICX419ALL Monochrome CCD
Santa Barbara Instruments Group ST-402ME CCD camera
SBIG CCDOps manual
Kodak KAF-0402E/ME CCD
SBIG DSS-7 Spectrograph manual
Iowa City Clear Sky Chart

Software:
Software for Orion cameras:
- ASCOM CCD drivers http://ascom-standards.org/Downloads/Index.htm (button on right of page)
- Cam Studio 1.8.0 http://www.telescope.com/g3m (in the sidebar)
Python:
- we will be using python 2.7 with numpy, matplotlib, and ipython
- everything needed is included in Anaconda https://www.anaconda.com/download/
SAOImage DS9
- Current Windows version is 7.2.1 http://ds9.si.edu/site/Download.html
- DS9 Tips and Tricks: http://www.adamgginsburg.com/ds9tips.htm
SBIG software:
- need CCDOps and DriverChecker64 http://diffractionlimited.com/support/sbig-archives/ (3/4 down the page under "USB Port Cameras")

Python resources:
Interactive, online tutorial: http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python
NumPy tutorial: http://www.scipy.org/Tentative_NumPy_Tutorial

General tutorials on Python: http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/

PyFITS documentation: http://pythonhosted.org/pyfits/
Matplotlib tutorial: http://matplotlib.org/users/pyplot_tutorial.html

Matplotlib site with many examples: http://matplotlib.org

Python official web site: http://www.python.org/
PyFits official site: http://www.stsci.edu/institute/software_hardware/pyfits
Python for Astronomers: http://www.astropython.org/
Question and answer site for programming: http://stackoverflow.com

Python in pieces:
- https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2714/
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/numpy
- https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/downloads
- https://github.com/ipython/ipython/downloads
- PyFITS http://www.stsci.edu/institute/software_hardware/pyfits/Download