{"id":37,"date":"2016-05-05T18:12:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T18:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2026-05-26T00:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T00:07:16","slug":"astr-112-class-notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/?page_id=37","title":{"rendered":"ASTR 112 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<\/strong><\/td>Obs Proj Images<\/strong><\/td>Comp Lab B315-113 Schedule<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Starry Night:
 Tutorial<\/a>,Video<\/a><\/td>		SkySafari:
  Tutorial<\/a>,Video<\/a><\/td>		Quadrant
Instructions<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		Study
Guide<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
CLASS NOTES (PDF)<\/strong><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
01. Introduction<\/a><\/td>02. Navigating the Sky<\/a><\/td>03. Light<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
04. Atoms & Spectra<\/a><\/td>05. Telescopes<\/a><\/td>06. Sun<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
07. Stars<\/a><\/td>08. Low\/Int mass stars<\/a><\/td>09. High mass stars<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
10. Milky Way<\/a><\/td>11. Galaxies<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEOs (VIUTUBE)<\/strong><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
01. Introduction<\/a><\/td>02. Skycharts\/Nav the Sky<\/a><\/td>03a. Light<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
03b. EM spectrum<\/a><\/td>04. Atoms & Spectra<\/a><\/td>05a. Telescopes: terms<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
05b. Telescopes: visible light<\/a><\/td>05c. Telescopes: AO, LP, etc.<\/a><\/td>06a. Sun: properties<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
06b. Sun: solar cycle, etc.<\/a><\/td>07a. Stars: terms, groups<\/a><\/td>07b. HR diagrams<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
07c. Stellar Distances<\/a><\/td>07d. Inverse Square Law<\/a><\/td>08a. Star formation<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
08b. Death of smaller stars<\/a><\/td>09a. High Mass stars<\/a><\/td>09b. Neutron stars<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
09c. Black holes<\/a><\/td>10a. Rotation curves<\/a><\/td>10b. Spiral structure<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
10c. MW galactic core<\/a><\/td>11a. Galaxy identification<\/a><\/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>. \u00a0Late lab reports will NOT be accepted.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/mark>Lab reports\u00a0may<\/em><\/strong> be completed jointly with a lab partner;<\/strong>\u00a0 in this case, upload ONE PDF file (only)<\/strong> to VIULearn and clearly indicate BOTH<\/strong> partners’ names on the lab. \u00a0For jointly submitted labs each partner receives the same grade.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labs (PDF)<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
00. A112_lab0<\/a><\/td>** FOR PRACTICE – download, complete & upload to VIULearn **<\/td><\/tr>
01. A112_lab1<\/a><\/td>skycharts<\/a><\/td>Tutorials<\/a>, Skycharts<\/a> (video)<\/td><\/tr>
02. A112_lab2<\/a><\/td>reference spectra<\/a>, eyepiece views<\/a><\/td>HV box & spectra<\/a> (video)<\/td><\/tr>
03. A112_lab3<\/a><\/td>graph paper<\/a>, ZAMS graph<\/a><\/td>Instructions<\/a> (video)<\/td><\/tr>
04. A112_lab4<\/a><\/td>graph paper<\/a><\/td>Globulars<\/a>, Instructions<\/a> (video)<\/td><\/tr>
05. A112_lab5<\/a> <\/a><\/td>galaxy images<\/a><\/td>galaxy identification<\/a> (video)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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** To meet ONLINE with Dr. Arkos go to the VIULearn course homepage ** HANDOUTS\/OBSERVING Course Outline Lecture schedule Clicker solutions OpenStax eTextbook Skycharts Observing Project Obs Proj Images Comp Lab B315-113 Schedule Starry Night: Tutorial,Video SkySafari:  Tutorial,Video QuadrantInstructions StudyGuide CLASS NOTES (PDF) 01. Introduction … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":366,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":325,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4203,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/4203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/arkosg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}