** Start a ZOOM session with Dr. Arkos **
| Handouts/Observing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Outline | Lecture schedule | Clicker solutions | OpenStax eTextbook |
| Observing Project | Skycharts | Comp Lab B315-113 Schedule | |
| Starry Night: Tutorial,Video | SkySafari: Tutorial,Video | Quadrant Template | Quadrant Instructions |
| Class Notes (PDF) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 01. Intro | 02. History | 03. Sky, Star Motions |
| 04. Navigating the Sky | 05. Seasons | 06. Moon phases, eclipses |
| 07. Solar System | 08. Earth | 09. Earth-Moon system |
| 10. Moon | 11. Mercury | 12. Venus |
| 13. Mars | 14. Jupiter & Saturn | 15. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto |
| 16. Asteroids, Meteors, Comets | ||
| SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEOs (VIUTUBE) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 01a. The solar system | 01b. Science | 01c. Astronomical distances |
| 02a. Retrograde motion | 02b. Kepler’s Laws | 03a. Coordinates |
| 03b. Sky motions | 03c. Zodiac & precession | 04. Skycharts |
| 05a. Ecliptic 1, 2 | 05b. Equinoxes/solstices | 05c. Tropics, Circles |
| 06a. Moon Phases | 06b. Moon phases (demo) | 06c. Moon rise & set times |
| 06d. Solar eclipse | 07a. Great Orion Nebula | 07b. Solar System |
| 08a. The Earth | 08b. Magnetic Fields | 09. Tides |
| 10a. The Moon | 10b. Impact! | 10c. Moon “Hoax” 1,2,3,4 |
| 11. Mercury | 12a. Venus’ surface | 12b. Runaway greenhouse? |
| 13a. Exploring Mars | 13b. Water on Mars | 14. Saturn’s rings |
| 16. Meteors & NEO’s | ||
| Labs (PDF) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 00. A111_lab0 | ** FOR PRACTICE – download, complete & upload to VIULearn ** | ||
| 01. A111_lab1 | Data, skycharts | Tutorials, Skycharts (video) | |
| 02. A111_lab2 | Data, graph paper | Demo, Instructions (videos) | |
| 03. A111_lab3 | Data | Demo (video) | |
| 04a. A111_lab4 | |||
| 04b. A111_lab4 | Mars N Hemi (PDF), Mars S Hemi (PDF) | Lunar gallery (images) | |
| 05. A111_lab5 | Data, graph paper | – | |
Lab reports MUST be completed on the provided lab sheets and submitted as a single PDF file on VIULearn. Late lab reports will NOT be accepted. Lab reports may be completed jointly with a lab partner; in this case, upload ONE PDF file (only) to VIULearn and clearly indicate BOTH partners’ names on the lab. For jointly submitted labs each partner receives the same grade.