Background and Introduction
There are 4 types of lab exercises that you will be doing: Naked-eye based, Telescope-based, Computer/Instrument-based, and Observatory data based. You will meet during the SAME time slot every week, but your classroom may change every week. Please check the Schedule button on the left for the room in which your section will meet each week. This schedule is TENTATIVE, so both the room number and Labs assigned to your Lab section each week schedule may change throughout the semester. Attendance will be taken at the start of each Lab section.
During the first lab meeting of the semester, you will be given a math
evaluation exercise, so that you can determine if you will be comfortable with
the level of math used in this course. Hence, don't miss the first meeting of
the labs! There is no lab manual to purchase for this course. Click on Lab
Scripts to see which Labs exercises will be used. You
will be expected to download these Lab Scripts each week (except the first week
of Labs), print them out, and bring a paper copy to class. Make sure you know how to do this, and click on Contacts to
get in touch with your TA if needed.
There are several requisites for this class. First you all need to make sure
you have web access. This is a requirement for this class. The
University has provided ample access to computers all across the Main campus
and throughout the residence halls. Second, you need to have an email address
that you read regularly (daily), since this may be the primary mechanism that
your TA will use to contact you. If you have a problem with these policies, you
need to see the Instructor for the class. He is Dr. Rogier Windhorst and can be
reached in room GWC-508 or at (480) 965-7143 or (480)
965-5081 (checked daily), or at
Rogier.Windhorst@asu.edu (checked less frequently).