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ASTRONOMY 195 Introductory Astronomy Laboratory Welcome to AST 195! You have a standing assignment to check this web page at least twice a week. Questions? Feel free to call or stop by during office hours (click here for the hours).

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

AST 195 is OVER

All grades posted.

Have a good summer.

See class calendar (below) and check your grades and status using the on-line grade sheet (also below).

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CHECK YOUR GRADES IN AST 195

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With this on-line grade sheet you can check all your grades in AST 195, make sure that the professor recorded them properly, and see what your overall grade is in AST 195.
This requires Microsoft Excel. It works on Jefferson computers. It may work on your personal computer or phone.

LAB CALENDAR
Week 1 Monday January 13 (Downtown) Thursday January 16 (Southwest) (scroll down for additional weeks)	Click here for lab syllabus (sign & return). Click here for lab safety form (sign & return). Click here for information on required telescope. Click here for list of AST 195 projects. Click here for information on making videos in AST 195.
MONDAY, JANUARY 20: ML KING DAY HOLIDAY (NO CLASS)
Week 2
Thursday January 23 (Southwest) Monday January 27 (Downtown) Today we will work on the following projects (click here for the list): · Purchasing a Telescope (#1) · Telescope Basics A (#2) If you get stuck or need “hands-on” help, bring your telescope in to class! That’s why we have class, so you can get help and talk to your professor and other students! DUE DATES: Project #1 is due WEEK 4 (grades for this project were posted 2/11/20) Project #2 is due WEEK 4 (grades for this project were posted 2/17/20)
Week 3
Thursday January 30 (Southwest) Monday February 3 (Downtown) Today we will work on the following projects (click here for the list): · Purchasing a Telescope (#1) · Telescope Basics A (#2) · Telescope Basics B (#3) · Telescope Comparison at an Observatory (#A) If you get stuck or need “hands-on” help, bring your telescope in to class! That’s why we have class, so you can get help and talk to your professor and other students! DUE DATES: Project #3 is due WEEK 5 (grades for this project were posted 2/28/20) Project #A is an observing project, and does not yet have a set due date, but you should get it done as soon as you can.
Week 4
Thursday February 6 (Southwest) Monday February 10 (Downtown) Today we will work on the following projects (click here for the list): · Telescope Basics B (#3) · Telescope Comparison at an Observatory (#A) · Basic Observing Equipment (#4) · Lunar Observing (#B-#C-#D) If you get stuck or need “hands-on” help, bring your telescope in to class! That’s why we have class, so you can get help and talk to your professor and other students! DUE DATES: Project #4 is due WEEK 6 (grades for this project were posted 3/10/20) Projects #B-#C-#D are observing projects, and do not yet have set due dates, but you should get them done as soon as you can.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17: PRESIDENTS’ DAY HOLIDAY (NO CLASS) The Monday AST 195 class has had two weeks of holiday, and the Thursday AST 195 class has had none.  Therefore, in order to keep the two classes coordinated, there will be no AST 195 class on Thursday February 13 (this applies to AST 195 only).
Week 5
Thursday February 20 (Southwest) Monday February 24 (Downtown) Today we will work on the following projects (click here for the list): · Basic Observing Equipment (#4) · Lunar Observing (#B-#C-#D) · Lunar Planning (#5) · Aperture Masks (#6) If you get stuck or need “hands-on” help, bring your telescope in to class! That’s why we have class, so you can get help and talk to your professor and other students! DUE DATES: Project #5 & #6 are due WEEK 7 (grades for projects were posted 3/27/20) Projects #B-#C-#D are observing projects, and do not yet have set due dates, but you should get them done as soon as you can.
Week 6
Thursday February 27 (Southwest) Monday March 2 (Downtown) Today we will work on the following projects (click here for the list): · Lunar Planning (#5) · Aperture Masks (#6) · Galileo’s Telescope (#E) · Spring Stars (#F) If you get stuck or need “hands-on” help, bring your telescope in to class! That’s why we have class, so you can get help and talk to your professor and other students! DUE DATES: Observing Project coming due: Turn in any one observing project (you choose which one) by Week 8.
Week 7
Thursday March 5 (Southwest) Monday March 9 (Downtown) Today we will work on the following projects (click here for the list): · Galileo’s Telescope (#E) · Spring Stars (#F) · Solar Filter Making (#7) If you get stuck or need “hands-on” help, bring your telescope in to class! That’s why we have class, so you can get help and talk to your professor and other students! DUE DATES: Project #7 is due WEEK 9 Observing Projects coming due: Turn in two more observing projects (you choose which two) by Week 10. This is three observing projects due in so far—five to go.
Week 8
Thursday March 12 (Southwest) Note: Spring Break (no classes) is the week of March 16 Monday March 23 (Downtown) Today we will work on the following projects (click here for the list): · Solar Filter Making (#7) · Planets (#G) If you get stuck or need “hands-on” help, bring your telescope in to class! That’s why we have class, so you can get help and talk to your professor and other students! DUE DATES: No new due dates to add to the list this week! Just be working on the stuff that is already due.	ADJUSTMENTS FOR COVID-19 We will continue our projects the best we can. However, you will turn in the projects to me through e-mail. To do this, you will need to turn in the projects as a single WORD or PDF file. The main difficulty here is in adding photos (either photos take through your telescopes or photos of work done by hand) to the WORD file. This is done through “copy” and “paste”. Click here for me doing this with WORD.  Click here for PDF. You make a document like this and e-mail it to me. You will need to read the project instructions on your own, without my guidance. But, you’ve seen lots of these now, so you should do OK. I would say that there will be reduced late penalties, but there are already virtually no real late penalties. Just get the work in. For solar filter making, I will have to arrange some drop-off so you can drop the container and cardboard parts off and I can add the film and leave it for you to pick up.
Week 9
Thursday March 26 (Southwest) Monday March 30 (Downtown) Today we will work on the following projects (click here for the list): · Planets (#G) · Solar Observing (#H) I wish I could tell you to bring stuff to class for help, but with COVID-19 that is probably not real possible. You can e-mail me for help, or call. DUE DATES: Observing Projects coming due: Turn in two more observing projects (you choose which two) by Week 12. This is five observing projects due in so far—three left to go.
Week 10
Thursday April 2 (Southwest) Monday April 6 (Downtown) Today we will work on the following projects (click here for the list): · Solar Observing (#H) I wish I could tell you to bring stuff to class for help, but with COVID-19 that is probably not real possible. You can e-mail me for help, or call. DUE DATES: No new due dates to add to the list this week! Just be working on the stuff that is already due.
Week 11
Thursday April 9 (Southwest) Monday April 13 (Downtown) No new projects (click here for the list). I wish I could tell you to bring stuff to class for help, but with COVID-19 that is probably not real possible. You can e-mail me for help, or call. DUE DATES: Observing Projects coming due: Turn in three more observing projects (you choose which two) by Week 13. This is all observing projects due in so far. After Week 13 I will accept only two projects (they will be late, of course).
Week 12
Thursday April 16 (Southwest) Monday April 20 (Downtown) No new projects (click here for the list). I wish I could tell you to bring stuff to class for help, but with COVID-19 that is probably not real possible. You can e-mail me for help, or call. DUE DATES: No new due dates to add to the list this week! Just be working on the stuff that is already due.
Week 13
Thursday April 23 (Southwest) Monday April 27 (Downtown) No new projects (click here for the list). I wish I could tell you to bring stuff to class for help, but with COVID-19 that is probably not real possible. You can e-mail me for help, or call. DUE DATES: No new due dates to add to the list this week! Just be working on the stuff that is already due. After this week only two projects may be turned in (they will be late, of course).
The Monday AST 195 class had two weeks of holiday, and the Thursday AST 195 class has had none.  Therefore, in order to get the two classes in line at the semester’s end, there will be no AST 195 class on Thursday April 30 (this applies to AST 195 only).
Week 14 (FINALS WEEK)
Monday May 4 (Downtown) Thursday May 7 (Southwest) Last day to turn in material. Once I leave the SW campus on May 7 AST 195 is over and no more material can be turned in. A maximum of two projects may be turned in this week (they will be late, of course).