Welcome to ASTRONOMY 3010 Fall 2008

Contact me at jss@hal.physast.uga.edu or in person at 235 Physics

Phone  542-2870 (office)

My homepage is www.physast.uga.edu/~jss

Course materials: Syllabus Before class every day you should open the link on the syllabus and read the material and answer the questions. If there is home work you need to do that also and e-mail it to jss@hal.physast.uga.edu with astr3010 and the date due in the subject line

Here is a quick summary of what you should know from the 'Outline' above and the lectures of the IN CLASS MIDTERM on Oct 2nd

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You may also need instructions on how to open and close the telescope.

If you are unfamiliar with the Unix language here is the shortest tutorial you will ever see on it.

LINKS BELOW HERE WILL BECOME LIVE LATER IN THE COURSE

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How to do a finding chart.

How to find when your star is at a minimum

Our suspected variable star targets

You should turn in the results from your first

Flat field locations. Pick one away from the Sun if possible

The 4 CCD Exercises     #1      #2      #3      #4

Please evaluate the course

The binary star light curve project

THE TAKEHOME FINAL

and two more sources for spectra other than the book

A nice page with stellar spectra (and some explanation)

another not so simple but extensive

Some useful links

The Nine Planets

SIMBAD

Astronomy Tools

USNO Finder Charts

UGA Astronomical Sky Calendar

Charts for Asteroids

Athens weather and satellite pictures

The table of bright stars