Astronomy

 Lab Paul  A.  Russell

AST  105  -­‐  Fall  2010  -­‐  1  Credit Email:  paul.russell@csn.edu
WCH  G-­‐211  Tue.  7:30  p.m.  -­‐  10:30  p.m. Office  H-­‐301-­‐A,  by  appointment

TentaCve  Class  Schedule Required  Text

Astronomy  AcUvity  and  Laboratory  Manual
Date AcUvity Subject By  Alan  W.  Hirshfeld.
08/31/10 -­‐ IntroducUon
Course  DescripCon
09/07/10 2 Shadowland This  course  provides  pracUcal  experience  in  
observaUonal  astronomy  including  telescopic  
09/14/10 3 Shadowland  -­‐  The  Sequel observaUons  and  laboratory  exercises.

09/21/10 5 Phases  of  the  Moon Course  Prerequisites

Elementary  algebra  and  one  of  AST  101,  103  or  104,  
09/28/10 6 Eratosthenes  &  the  Earth
which  may  be  taken  concurrently.
10/05/10 7 Aristarchus  &  the  Moon
EvaluaCon
10/12/10 10 Kepler’s  Third  Law
There  are  13  scheduled  labs.  The  course  grade  will  be  
expressed  as  a  percentage  of  the  maximum  possible  
10/19/10 -­‐ Visual  ObservaUons
points.  The  course  grade  will  be  rounded  to  the  
10/26/10 11 Isaac  Newton  &  the  Moon nearest  percent.

11/02/10 12 Galileo  &  the  Moon Grading  Point  System %

11/09/10 14 Stellar  Parallax Total  Semester  Percentage: 100%

11/16/10 16 How  bright  is  that  star? Percentage  required  to  receive  an  A: 90%
Percentage  required  to  receive  a  B: 80%
11/23/10 17 The  Realm  of  Spiral  Nebulae
Percentage  required  to  receive  a  C: 70%
11/30/10 18 Hubble’s  Law
Percentage  required  to  receive  a  D: 60%
12/07/10 19 The  H-­‐R  Diagram
Percentage  required  to  receive  an  F: <60%

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