Schedules: Last updated 2003April15 (schedules subject to change)
| Date | Weekly Readings | Topics | Homework |
| Tuesday March 18 | Burke Ch.1-3.3(p1-27),
Burke Ch. 4 (p40-55) |
Introduction to Radio Astronomy | Handout #1 (due 3/25) |
| Thursday March 20 | Important terminology, detection systems, telescopes | ||
| Tuesday March 25 | Burke Ch.3.4-3.6 (p27-37),
Burke Ch. 7.1 (p 104-106), Ch.8 (p128-152) |
Radio observational techniques and methods | Handout #2 (due 4/1) |
| Thursday March 27 | Galactic continuum radiation | ||
| Tuesday April 1 | Burke Ch.10
(p175-201) |
spectral lines; HI in the galaxy (preparation for SRT lab2) | Handout #3 (due 4/8) |
| Thursday April 3 | HI continued; special topic: X-ray Telescopes | ||
| Tuesday April 8 | Burke Ch.5,6 (p56-103),
Burke A.1 (p351-358) |
Interferometry and aperture synthesis (radio context) | Handout #4 (due 4/15) |
| Thursday April 10 | VLBI, phase problems, self-calibration | ||
| Tuesday April 15 | Lawson Ch. 2,5,16 | Optical interferometry; atmosphere; nulling | Handout #5 (due 4/22) |
| Date | Readings | Location | Activity/Experiment | Assignment Information |
| Wed March 19 | Getting Started with IDL (Chapters 1 & 2) | Angell 5190 | IDL Tutorial | Worksheet |
| Wed March 26 | SRT Manual (Handout) | Angell 5190 | SRT Introduction; | Lab Writeup
Due Wed April 9 [new due date] |
| Wed April 2 | . | Meet outside | Tour of UM 26-m Radio Telescope | |
| Wed April 9 | Burke Ch.10 | Angell 5190 | SRT HI measurements; IDL work | Lab Writeup Due Wed April 16 |
| Wed April 16 | Burke Ch.11 | Meet behind Dennison @ 2:30pm | 26-m observations of the Sun (Preparation) | Lab Writeup Due Wed April 23 (Monnier mailbox on 8th floor Dennison) |