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Revision as of 15:59, 26 August 2019
These notes are brief summaries and links for the in-class content for the Monday class meetings of the Fall Semester 2019.
Week 1 (August 19)
- Orientation to the class
- Purpose, activities, outcomes
- Visiting the observatory
- Remote observing
- Semester projects
- Facilities and research
- On-line with Mt. Kent live sessino
Week 2 (August 26)
- What we observe
- Position and celestial coordinates
- Flux and magnitude
- What we infer
- Distance
- Size
- Luminosity
- Composition
- Evolution
- Useful tools for access to data