ASTRONOMY 211A:
DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY II LAB
Dr. Danny Faulkner
Phone: 803.313.7029, Email: drfaulkn@mailbox.sc.edu     Fax: 803.313.7106

Spring 2012
Lab meeting time: M 2:30 -4:30 PM
Lab Location: Bradley 204
Instructor:  Dr. Danny Faulkner
Instructor's Office:   Bradley 221
Office hours: 9:00 – 12:00 M,W;  10:45 - 12:00 T,Th;  Other times by appointment
Text: none

Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:

· Demonstrate proficiency in making measurements and determining astronomical quantities from those measurements

· Build upon and go beyond the information learned in the lecture class

This is a lab course meant to accompany the Astronomy 211 lecture class.  This lab is a separate course from the lecture class, for which you will receive a separate grade.  It is not necessary to take this course along with the lecture class, but you cannot take this course unless you are currently taking the lecture class or have taken it in the past.  You may take either the night or day section of the lecture class.  You may drop the lab and keep the lecture class, but if you drop the lecture class you must drop the lab as well.

Each class you will be given the materials that you will need.  You should bring a calculator, and you may find your textbook may be helpful.  All answers must be expressed to the appropriate number of significant figures.  You should work in a group of two, three, or four seated at one table.  I do not want more than four people working together.  When you complete each week's activity, you may leave.  The activities will roughly parallel the material in the lecture class, and will be given in this order:

1. Sun spots I
2. Sun spots II
3. Spectral Classification
4. The H-R Diagram
5. Proper Motion
6. Moving Cluster Parallax
7. The Mass-Luminosity Relationship
8. RR Lyrae Stars
9. Cepheids Variables
10. The Crab Nebula
11. Pulsars
12. The Milky Way
13. The Hubble Relation
14. Quasars

Regular attendance is expected.  If you are unable to attend a class due to an excused absence, please let me know as soon as possible and schedule a make-up.  If you miss any labs, your grade will suffer.

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