Schedules: Last updated 2005Apr 06 (schedules subject to change)
| Date | Topics | Homework |
| Tuesday Mar 22 | NO LECTURE BUT HANDOUT HW#0 | HW #0 (due MON 3/28) |
| Tuesday Mar 29 | How to evaluate a CCD detector | HW #1 (due 4/5) |
| Tuesday Apr 5 | Basics of Aperture Photometry | HW #2 (due 4/12) |
| Tuesday Apr 12 | More on Error Analysis | HW #3 (presentations due 4/19) |
| Thursday Apr 19 | In-class Presentations. |
| Date | Readings (before lab meets) | Location | Activity/Experiment | Assignment Information |
| Wed Mar 23 | Getting Started with IDL (Chapters 1 & 2) | Angell 5190 | IDL Tutorial | IDL exercises due Wed Mar 30 |
| Wed Mar 30 | CCD Manual/Software
CCD Handouts (Howell Ch. 4) |
Angell 5190 | CCD Engineering | Lab Writeup Due Fri Apr 8 |
| Wed Apr 6 | (Howell Ch. 5) | Angell 5190 | Aperture Photometry and Astrometry of Gamma Ray Burst Afterglow (ATV) | |
| Wed Apr 13 | Angell 5190 | Aperture Photometry and Astrometry (continuation) | Final Lab (both parts) Writeup Due on Fri Apr 22 |