{"id":207,"date":"2016-05-30T22:10:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T22:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/?page_id=207"},"modified":"2025-12-11T18:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T18:20:33","slug":"astr-111-notes-labs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/?page_id=207","title":{"rendered":"ASTR 111 Class Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

** To meet ONLINE with Dr. Arkos go to the VIULearn<\/a> course homepage **<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Handouts\/Observing<\/strong><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Course Outline<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Lecture schedule<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Clicker solutions<\/a><\/strong><\/td>OpenStax eTextbook<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Skycharts<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Observing Project<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Study
Guide<\/a><\/strong><\/td>		Comp Lab B315-113 Schedule<\/strong> <\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Starry Night:
Tutorial<\/a>,Video<\/a><\/td>		SkySafari:
  Tutorial<\/a>,Video<\/a><\/td>		Quadrant Template<\/a><\/td>Quadrant Instructions<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Class Notes (PDF)<\/strong><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
01. Intro<\/a><\/td>02. History<\/a><\/td>03. Sky, Star Motions<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
04. Navigating the Sky<\/a><\/td>05. Seasons<\/a><\/td>06. Moon phases, eclipses<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
07. Solar System<\/a><\/td>08. Earth<\/a><\/td>09. Earth-Moon system<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
10. Moon<\/a><\/td>11. Mercury<\/a><\/td>12. Venus<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
13. Mars<\/a><\/td>14. Jupiter & Saturn<\/a><\/td>15. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
16. Asteroids, Meteors, Comets<\/a><\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEOs (VIUTUBE)<\/strong><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
01a. The solar system<\/a><\/td>01b. Science<\/a><\/td>01c. Astronomical distances<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
02a. Retrograde motion<\/a><\/td>02b. Kepler’s Laws<\/a><\/td>03a. Coordinates<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
03b. Sky motions<\/a><\/td>03c. Zodiac & precession<\/a><\/td>04. Skycharts<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
05a. Ecliptic 1<\/a>, 2<\/a><\/td>05b. Equinoxes\/solstices<\/a><\/td>05c. Tropics, Circles<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
06a. Moon Phases<\/a><\/td>06b. Moon phases<\/a> (demo)<\/td>06c. Moon rise & set times<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
06d. Solar eclipse<\/a><\/td>07a. Great Orion Nebula<\/a><\/td>07b. Solar System<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
08a. The Earth<\/a><\/td>08b. Magnetic Fields<\/a><\/td>09. Tides<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
10a. The Moon<\/a><\/td>10b. Impact!<\/a><\/td>10c. Moon “Hoax” 1<\/a>,2<\/a>,3<\/a>,4<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
11. Mercury<\/a><\/td>12a. Venus’ surface<\/a><\/td>12b. Runaway greenhouse?<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
13a.  Exploring Mars<\/a><\/td>13b. Water on Mars<\/a><\/td>14. Saturn’s rings<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
16. Meteors & NEO’s<\/a><\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PLEASE NOTE: <\/em><\/strong>Lab reports MUST<\/strong> be completed on the provided lab sheets<\/em><\/strong> and submitted as a single PDF file on VIULearn<\/strong>.  Late lab reports will NOT be accepted.<\/strong>  Lab reports may<\/em><\/strong> be completed jointly with a lab partner;<\/strong>  in this case, upload ONE PDF file (only)<\/strong> to VIULearn and clearly indicate BOTH<\/strong> partners’ names on the lab.  For jointly submitted labs each partner receives the same grade.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LABS (PDF)<\/strong><\/th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
00. A111_lab0<\/a><\/td>** FOR PRACTICE – download, complete & upload to VIULearn **<\/td><\/tr>
01. A111_lab1<\/a><\/td>skycharts<\/a><\/td>Tutorials<\/a>, Skycharts<\/a> (video)<\/td><\/tr>
02. A111_lab2<\/a><\/td>graph paper<\/a><\/td>Demo<\/a>, Instructions<\/a> (videos)<\/td><\/tr>
03. A111_lab3<\/a><\/td>–<\/td>Demo<\/a> (video)<\/td><\/tr>
04a. A111_lab4<\/a><\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td><\/tr>
04b. A111_lab4<\/td>Mars N Hemi<\/a> (PDF), Mars S Hemi<\/a> (PDF)<\/td>Lunar gallery<\/a> (images)<\/td><\/tr>
05. A111_lab5<\/a><\/td>graph paper<\/a><\/td>–<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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