** To meet with Dr. Arkos online please see the course homepage on VIULearn **
| Handouts/Observing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Outline | Lecture schedule | Clicker solutions | OpenStax eTextbook |
| Observing Project | Obs Proj Images | Comp Lab B315-113 Schedule | Skycharts |
| Starry Night: Tutorial,Video | SkySafari: Tutorial,Video | Quadrant Template | Quadrant Instructions |
| CLASS NOTES (PDF) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 01. Introduction | 02. Navigating the Sky | 03. Light |
| 04. Atoms & Spectra | 05. Telescopes | 06. Sun |
| 07. Stars | 08. Low/Int mass stars | 09. High mass stars |
| 10. Milky Way | 11. Galaxies | |
| SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEOs (VIUTUBE) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 01. Introduction | 02. Skycharts/Nav the Sky | 03a. Light |
| 03b. EM spectrum | 04. Atoms & Spectra | 05a. Telescopes: terms |
| 05b. Telescopes: visible light | 05c. Telescopes: AO, LP, etc. | 06a. Sun: properties |
| 06b. Sun: solar cycle, etc. | 07a. Stars: terms, groups | 07b. HR diagrams |
| 07c. Stellar Distances | 07d. Inverse Square Law | 08a. Star formation |
| 08b. Death of smaller stars | 09a. High Mass stars | 09b. Neutron stars |
| 09c. Black holes | 10a. Rotation curves | 10b. Spiral structure |
| 10c. MW galactic core | 11a. Galaxy identification | |
| Labs (PDF) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 00. A112_lab0 | ** FOR PRACTICE – download, complete & upload to VIULearn ** | ||
| 01. A112_lab1 | skycharts | Tutorials, Skycharts (video) | |
| 02. A112_lab2 | reference spectra, eyepiece views | HV box & spectra (video) | |
| 03. A112_lab3 | graph paper, ZAMS graph | Instructions (video) | |
| 04. A112_lab4 | graph paper | Globulars, Instructions (video) | |
| 05. A112_lab5 | galaxy images | galaxy identification (video) | |
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.