Physics
202A-005, Astronomy & Cosmology Lab
Lab Schedule (Fall
2009)
Thursday 11:30 am -
1:40 pm
Tiernan 408
Dr. Slawomir Piatek
Office: Tiernan
423F
Office Hours: W.5:00 PM – 6:00 PM & F. 9:00 AM – 10 AM
Phone: 973-596-3551
e-mail: piatek@physics.rutgers.edu
Website: www.physics.rutgers.edu/~piatek
Text: Student Manual for Introductory
Astronomy and Cosmology Laboratory
Class
website: www.physics.rutgers.edu/~piatek/class/Phys202A/F09/Outline.htm
Grading: Each lab is worth 10 points. I will
drop one lowest grade, which may be a lab grade or 0 for absence (excused or
not excused). I do not allow making up missed labs. Your final grade will be based on the grade
schedule below.
90% -100% A
85% - 90%
B+
70% - 75%
C+
60% - 70%
C
50% - 60%
D
0% - 50% F
Lab Calendar:
Lab 1 (Th.
9/3) Introduction
Lab 2 (Th.
9/10) The Celestial Sphere: Horizon Coordinate System
(H)
Lab 3 (Th.
9/17) The Celestial Sphere: Ecliptic (E)
Lab 4 (Th.
9/24) The Celestial Sphere: Equatorial Coordinate
System and Sidereal Time (ES)
Lab 5 (Th. 10/1) Orbit of Mercury I (OMI)
Lab 6 (Th.
10/8) Orbit of Mercury II (OMII)
Lab 7 (Th.
10/15) The Moon (M)
Lab 8 (Th.
10/22) Planetary Configuration (PC)
Lab 9 (Th.
10/29) The synodic period of the Sun (SS)
Lab 10 (Th. 11/5) Spectroscopy (S)
Lab 11 (Th. 11/12) Reflection
and Refraction (RR)
Lab 12 (Th. 11/19) Thin Lenses and
Astronomical Telescope (L)
Lab 13 (T. [Th.]11/24)
The Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram (HR)
Lab 14 (Th. 12/3) The Hubble Classification
of Galaxies, Hubble’s Law, and the Expansion of the Universe (HL)