Astronomy 137 710 pm Tom Burbine tburbinemtholyoke.edu

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Astronomy 1377-10 pmTom Burbinetburbine_at_mtholy
oke.edu
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Grades

• 1/3 HW assignments (10 in total)
• 1/3 Quizzes (3)
• 1/3 observing notebook

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HW

• Starry Night Exercise Book
• Objects
• Telescopes in Action
• Moon
• Telescopes - Optics
• Constellations
• Saturn
• Stars and Constellations
• Declination
• Right Ascencion

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Quizzes

• Starry Night Quiz
• Quiz on Coordinate Systems (Declination, Right
  Ascencion, Hour Angle, Altitude, Zenith, Azimuth,
  Ecliptic, Celestial Equator, LST, etc.)
• Quiz on knowing stars and constellations (page 5
  of Stars and Constellations HW) and finding Orion
  Nebula (which is getting low in the sky) (or
  Saturn)

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Observing Notebook

• Due last day of class

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Any Questions?