Updated Monday May 4 10:30 AM.

The final exam will be held in JFB 102 on Tuesday May 5 from 8:30-10:30 PM. The final exam will cover the material described in the midterm review ( 1 slide per page), (4 slides per page).The final will also cover image processing techniques. The final for 4060 students may also have additional questions concerning the spectrograph observing exercise. You may bring 3 sheets of handwritten notes. Please bring a calculator.

Assignment
Due Date
Class Exercise 0: (Familiarization with Starry Night)
Jan 15, 2009
Observing Exercise 1 (sheet)
Jan 20, 2009
Class Exercise 1:
Jan 22, 2009
Observing Exercise 2
Feb 3, 2009
Class Exercise 2: (Locations of Stars)
Jan 27,2009
Class Exercise 3: (Celestial Navigation) Excel spreadsheet
Jan 29, 2009
Class Exercise 4: (CLEA exercise Jupiter's Moons)
Feb 3, 2009
Observing Exercise 3 Simple color processing instruction sheet
Feb 5, 2009
Class Exercise 5: (CLEA exercise Mercury Rotation)
Feb 12,2009
Class Exercise 6: (CLEA exercise Photometry of Pleiades) Excel spreadsheet
Feb 19, 2009
Class Exercise 7: (CLEA exercise Classification of Stellar Spectra
Feb 26,2009
Observing Exercise 4 Deep Space Imaging (Galaxies and Nebulae)
Mar 3,2009
Class Exercise 8: (CLEA exercise Hubble Redshift)
Mar 5, 2009
Class Exercise 9: (CLEA exercise Radio Astronomy of Pulsars)
Mar 24, 2009
Spring Break
Mar 16-Mar 20
Midterm Review (Powerpoint, PDF file) (updated Tuesday 9:50PM)  

Midterm Exam at 6PM in JFB 102. Two sheets of handwritten notes allowed, Bring a calculator (PHYS 4060 Midterm exam Solution)
Apr 2, 2009
Observing Exercise 6 Acquiring spectra of stars (spectrum.xls) (water vapor spectrum)
May 5, 2009
Course Checkist (pdf, html)
Final Exam: Tuesday May 5 8:30-10:30 PM (JFB 102)
May 5

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