| Day | Reading | Assignment | Observing | Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | ||||
| 1 | Ch 1 | 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.7, 1.9 | Telescope Orientation (Rain or Shine) | |
| 2 | Ch 2; Keeping a Laboratory (Observing) Notebook; Image scale project (ZIP file) | 2.1, 2.8-2.11, 1-Working-with-FITS-files.ipynb* |
Plate Scale Project Observations | |
| 3 | Ap B | B.1-B.3, B.7, B.9, B.10 | (none) | Ch 1 HW |
| 4 | Ch 3 & 4 | 3.1, 3.4, 3.10, 3.11, 4.3, 4.4; Data reduction for Plate Scale project | (none) | Ch 2 HW |
| 5 | (none) | Data reduction for Plate Scale project | (none) | Ap B HW, Plate Scale Project notebook |
| Week 2 | ||||
| 6 | Ch 5; Imaging project (ZIP file) | 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, (5.10 optional), Prepare for Imaging Project | Imaging Project Observations | |
| 7 | (none) | Data reduction for Imaging Project | (none) | |
| 8 | (none) | Data reduction for Imaging Project | (none) | Ch 3 & 4 HW |
| 9 | Ch 6 | 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6; 2-Image-alignment.ipynb* |
(none) | Ch 5 HW (Hand in code and images for 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, & 5.7) |
| 10 | Creating Color Images | Make color images for Imaging Project, Prepare for Extinction Project | (none) | |
| Week 3 | ||||
| 11 | Take a day to catch up. | |||
| 12 | Extinction project | 3-Aperture-photometry.ipynb* | (none) | Imaging Project notebook |
| 13 | (none) | Prepare for Extinction project observations | NURO | Ch 6 HW |
| 14 | Research Paper Format, Liu et al. 2003, Astronomical Journal, 126, 1665, and the AIP Style Manual sections II A and II B | Data reduction for Extinction Project | (none) | Submit Extinction Project papers for peer Review; |
| 15 | (none) | Extinction and other NURO data reduction | (none) | |
| Week 4 | ||||
| 16 | (none) | Extinction and other NURO data reduction; Finish extinction papers | Optional CCO Session (7:30PM) | |
| 17 | (none) | Class meeting at 10:00 AM. In-class peer-review session from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. | (none) | Completed Extinction Project peer review (Due by Noon) |
| 18 | (none) | (no class session) | Extinction papers (due by noon) | |
* All Jupyter Notebooks, data, and example Python code for the assignments are at https://mshaneburns.github.io/ObsAstro/