Instructor: James Lowenthal

Office: McConnell Hall 412, Smith College/LGRT 638, UMass
Phone: 585-6995
Email: james [at] ast.smith.edu
Office Hours: Thu 1:00 - 2:00, Wed 1:30-2:30, or by appointment

Textbook: Astronomy Methods by Hale Bradt, 2004.

Course Information:

• Syllabus
• Handouts
  • Green: Spherical Astronomy
  • Historical Catalogs
  • Computer Resources
  • DS9 image viewer
  • Starting up IRAF
  • Lang: Precession
  • Using Matlab
  • Unix cheat sheet
  • IRAF cheat sheet
  • Statistics
  • CCD Data Reduction Worksheet
• Homework
  • Homework 1
  • Homework 2
  • Homework 3
  • Homework 4
  • Homework 5
  • Homework 6
• Exercises
  • Exercise 1
  • Exercise 2
• Final Project

PVTA Bus Schedules (Route 38, 40 or 43 from SC/MHC/AC/HC)

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Web links:

Links for use in class
files to download for use in class

• Astrophysics Article Abstract Archive
• Astronomical World Wide Web Resources
• Space Telescope Public Information
• Multiwavelength Atlas of Galaxies
• Multiwavelength Milky Way
• Models of Merging Galaxies (Chris Mihos)
• This week's sky events from Sky and Telescope
• Astronomy Magazine
• Astronomy Picture of the Day

• UMass Astronomy Projects
  • Two Micron All Sky Survey Project (2MASS)
  • Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory (FCRAO)
  • Large Millimeter Telescope Project
  • Infrared/Optical Telescope Array (IOTA)
  • UMASS Astronomy Home Page

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