{"id":1253,"date":"2013-05-09T21:36:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T17:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/kkwitter\/?page_id=1253"},"modified":"2017-11-03T20:14:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:14:10","slug":"a211t-syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/kkwitter\/course-web-pages\/astronomy-211-astronomical-data-acquisition-and-analysis\/a211t-syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"A211T Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"color: #aa0000\">last updated 11\/3\/17<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399\">Faculty<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Professor\u00a0<a title=\"Karen B. Kwitter\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/kkwitter\/\">Karen Kwitter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Office:<\/strong>\u00a0110 TPL;\u00a0<em>Office Hours<strong>:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0TBA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extension:<\/strong>\u00a02272<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Instructor\/Observatory Supervisor:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.williams.edu\/Astronomy\/ssouza\/\">Dr. Steven Souza<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Office:<\/strong>\u00a0117 TPL<\/li>\n<li><strong>Office Hours:<\/strong>\u00a0TBA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extension:<\/strong>\u00a03210<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em><span style=\"color: #339966\">Orientation to Observing Facilities:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span style=\"color: #339966;font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">As part of our first class on Friday, 9\/8, Dr. Souza will briefly describe the observatory and the available equipment, and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\">then<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">, for\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\">students<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">\u00a0who are NOT TA&#8217;s, he will schedule an observatory\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\">orientation<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">\u00a0session.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Text:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><strong>&#8220;To Measure the Sky,&#8221;<\/strong> by F. Chromey (2nd edition).\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThere will also be additional resources\u00a0on 4-hr reserve in Schow, including, but not necessarily limited to:<\/p>\n<p>Bradt, &#8220;Astronomy Methods&#8221;<br \/>\nHowell, &#8220;Handbook of CCD Astronomy,&#8221; 2nd edition<br \/>\nNorton, &#8220;Observing the Universe&#8221;<br \/>\nTaylor, &#8220;An Introduction to Error Analysis, 2nd edition&#8221; also available <a href=\"https:\/\/ia801307.us.archive.org\/14\/items\/TaylorJ.R.IntroductionToErrorAnalysis2ed\/Taylor%20J.R.%20Introduction%20to%20error%20analysis%202ed.pdf\" target=\"new\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399\">Weekly Tutorial Assignments: <\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">These will include problem sets and presentations exploring concepts from class and labs as well.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399\">Workload: <\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">In addition to tutorial sessions and Friday lectures, students should expect to devote a minimum of 10-15 hours per week to this class. This includes time spent on reading, homework, labs, and observing projects.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399\">Exams and Grading:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><br \/>\n<b>Midterm Exam<\/b>: T<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #333333\">here will be one closed-book take-home midterm exam, which will be distributed via e-mail on Thursday, 10\/19. It will be due in your next tutorial session.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Makeups for the midterm\u00a0or labs will be scheduled for those who request to be excused beforehand, or for those with excuses from the Infirmary. Grades will be calculated as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Tutorial\u00a0Presentations\/Participation: 40%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Midterm Exam: 20<\/strong><strong>%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Labs: 20%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Observing Projects<\/strong><strong>: 20%<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399\">Honor System:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">Students are strongly reminded of the honor system as described in the Student Handbook. No collaboration at all is allowed on exams. You may work together in small groups on homework;\u00a0<i>however<\/i>, all homework handed in must represent individual, not group, effort. All partners\u00a0must participate in the observing projects at all stages. If you are in any doubt about how the honor system applies to a particular activity in this course, please consult me or Dr. Souza.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399\">Disabilities Statement:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">Students with disabilities of any kind who may need disability-related classroom accommodations for this course are encouraged to contact G.L. Wallace\u00a0at 597-4672.\u00a0 Also, students experiencing mental or physical health challenges that are significantly affecting their academic work are encouraged to contact me and to speak with a dean.\u00a0 The deans can be reached at 597-4171.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399\">Lectures:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">There will be one weekly lecture on Fridays from 1:00 until 2:15 PM or so. The syllabus below lists the topics to be covered, which will form the material for the following week&#8217;s tutorial sessions. Some or all of the material in the indicated chapters\u00a0will be relevant to your weekly assignments. Ideally, you will do the assigned reading before each Friday&#8217;s lecture covering it; in any case,\u00a0It&#8217;s imperative\u00a0to do the reading\u00a0<b>before<\/b>\u00a0your\u00a0tutorial session; that way you have time to ask about the material\u00a0in advance of being responsible for it.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\">What follows is a tentative schedule\u00a0of topics and dates; we may deviate as circumstances dictate.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 2980px\" border=\"1\" width=\"476\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>DATE<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>CLASS TOPICS<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>READING<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>CHAPTERS IN C(HROMEY); N(ORTON)<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">F 9\/8<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Light, Magnitudes, Distances<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">C 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/ems\" target=\"new\">NASA website about the EM spectrum<\/a><br \/>\nReview material on blackbodies, flux, magnitudes, spectra from <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/kkwitter\/course-web-pages\/astronomy-111\/a111-links-applets-2\/\" target=\"new\">Astronomy 111<\/a> or other sources.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">F 9\/15<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Place,\u00a0Time &amp; Motion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>IMAGING PROJECT ASSIGNED (proposals due in lab 9\/25;\u00a0presentations 10\/23 in lab)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">C 3 ; N 1 (skip 1.8)<br \/>\nplay with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/in-the-sky.org\/skymap.php\" target=\"new\">online planetarium <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>F 9\/22<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>NO CLASS &#8211; ROSH HASHANAH<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>F 9\/29<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Signals &amp; Statistics (Dr. Souza)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">C 2; N 13<\/p>\n<p>Read Taylor 1-3, 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>F 10\/6<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CCDs; Working with Digital Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">C: skim 9.1-4;\u00a0N 4-5;\u00a0Howell 2.1, (skim 2.2); 3.3-3.9; 4<br \/>\ndownload Jeff Thrush&#8217;s useful &#8220;CCD Astronomy.ppt&#8221; from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thrushobservatory.org\/sig\/\">here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>F 10\/13<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080\">MOUNTAIN DAY<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>F 10\/20<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Photometry<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>MIDTERM EXAM distributed:\u00a090-minute,\u00a0single-session, closed-book, take-home exam, due at your next tutorial meeting. Formulas provided.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">C10 through 10.4; N 6; reread N\u00a013.3-13.7;\u00a0review Howell 4 through 4.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>F 10\/27<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Spectroscopy<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0C 11.1-2, 11.4, 11.8-9; N 3, 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>F 11\/3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Telescopes<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">C\u00a06 (skip 6.6 for now); N 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>F 11\/10<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>The Atmosphere &amp; Adaptive Optics<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0C 6.6; 10.5-8, ;\u00a0Bradt pp. 119-128<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucolick.org\/~max\/AY289\/\" target=\"new\">Claire Max website<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; read\u00a0color pdf of first lecture (about halfway down the page); also view the\u00a0cool movie links on the right<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">F 11\/17<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Non-Optical <\/strong><b>Astronomy<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007%2F978-3-540-76583-7\" target=\"new\">McLean, &#8220;Electronic Imaging in Astronomy&#8221; 2nd ed.\u00a0<\/a>Ch. 11.1-11.3.1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/burro.case.edu\/Academics\/Astr306_13\/Infrared.pdf\" target=\"new\">IR from CWRU website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/jwst.nasa.gov\/infrared.html\" target=\"new\">NASA&#8217;s JWST website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.njit.edu\/~gary\/728\/Lecture1.html\" target=\"new\">Radio Basics<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.njit.edu\/~gary\/728\/Lecture2.html\" target=\"new\">Radio Emission Mechanisms<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.faculty.virginia.edu\/rwoclass\/astr511\/UV-astron-f03.html\" target=\"new\">Bob O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s UVa high-E page<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/burro.case.edu\/Academics\/Astr306_13\/Proj2\/Proj2sources.pdf\" target=\"new\">high-E from CWRU website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>F 11\/24<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>NO CLASS &#8211; THANKSGIVING<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>F 12\/1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Cleanup (if needed)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>DATE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>LAB TOPIC<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>READING FOR LAB<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M 9\/11<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Introduction to unix, IRAF,\u00a0<i>ds9\u00a0<\/i>and AstroImageJ<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Handouts and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.louisville.edu\/software\/astroimagej\/guide\/AstroImageJ_User_Guide.pdf\" target=\"new\"> AstroImageJ User Guide<\/a><br \/>\nalso <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de\/~hessman\/ImageJ\/Book\/Image%20Processing%20with%20ImageJ\/index.html\" target=\"new\">this book<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M 9\/18<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Planetarium Show \/<br \/>\nStarry Night\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Review C 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M 9\/25<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Online Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Hubble Legacy Archive; MAST<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">C 4<\/p>\n<p>Handout<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrobetter.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/30\/mast-discovery-portal\/\" target=\"new\">Astrobetter: the MAST portal<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M 10\/2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Take CCD Data for Lab<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">M 10\/9<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">NO LAB: READING PERIOD<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M 10\/16<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>NO LAB<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">M 10\/23<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Do CCD Labs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong>SECOND\u00a0PROJECT ASSIGNED (proposals due in class 11\/3;\u00a0presentations 12\/4\u00a0in lab)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td>Handouts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">M 10\/30<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong>IMAGING\u00a0PROJECT PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Handout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">M\u00a011\/6<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Detecting Exoplanet Transits<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.louisville.edu\/software\/astroimagej\/guide\/AstroImageJ_User_Guide.pdf\" target=\"new\">AstroImageJ User Guide<\/a><br \/>\nalso <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de\/~hessman\/ImageJ\/Book\/Image%20Processing%20with%20ImageJ\/index.html\" target=\"new\">this book<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">M\u00a011\/13<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Work independently on homework &amp; projects<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">M\u00a011\/27<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Work independently on homework &amp; projects<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">M\u00a012\/4<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">SECOND PROJECT PRESENTATIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Return to <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/kkwitter\/course-web-pages\/astronomy-211-astronomical-data-acquisition-and-analysis\/a211-assignments-announcements-f17\/\"> Assignments &amp; Links<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>last updated 11\/3\/17 Faculty Professor\u00a0Karen Kwitter Office:\u00a0110 TPL;\u00a0Office Hours:\u00a0TBA Extension:\u00a02272 Instructor\/Observatory Supervisor:\u00a0Dr. Steven Souza Office:\u00a0117 TPL Office Hours:\u00a0TBA Extension:\u00a03210 Orientation to Observing Facilities:\u00a0As part of our first class on Friday, 9\/8, Dr. Souza will briefly describe the observatory and the available equipment, and\u00a0then, for\u00a0students\u00a0who are NOT TA&#8217;s, he will schedule an observatory\u00a0orientation\u00a0session. 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