• Instructor:
  

Prof. James Lowenthal

Office: McConnell Hall 412, Smith College/LGRT 638, UMass
Phone: 585-6995
Email: james [at] ast.smith.edu
Office Hours: Mon 2:30 - 3:30, Wed 2:00-3:00, or by appointment

Teaching Assistant: Lauren "Izzy" Masiunas

Office: Room 815N, Lederle Graduate Research Tower (LGRT), UMass
Phone: (413) 301-4955
Email: masiunas [at] astro.umass.edu

Textbook: To Measure the Sky: An Introduction to Observational Astronomy by Federick R. Chromey

Course Information:

• Syllabus
• Handouts and Cheatsheets
  • Unix cheat sheet
  • IDL cheat sheet
  • Historical Catalogs
  • Lang: Precession
  • "The Position of a Star" from "All About Telescopes" by Sam Brown
• Homework
  • Homework 1
  • Homework 2
  • Homework 3
  • Homework 4
  • Homework 5
• Exercises
  • Exercise 1
  • Exercise 2
• Files and data to download for use in class
  
• Moodle @ Smith College
• Smith Astronomy Dept.

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

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Additional Web links:

• 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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