Schedules: Last updated 2007 Jan 01 (schedules subject to change)
| Date | Topics | Homework |
| Thursday Jan 5 | Introduction | HW #0 (due MON 1/8) |
| Tuesday Jan 9 | IDL Intro & Error Theory | HW #1 (due 1/16) |
| Thursday Jan 11 | Error Theory continued | |
| Tuesday Jan 16 | Celestial Navigation | HW #2 (due 1/23) |
| Thursday Jan 18 | Planetarium visit (if available) | |
| Tuesday Jan 23 | Measurement of Light | HW #3 (due 1/30) |
| Thursday Jan 25 | Telescopes and Imaging | |
| Tuesday Jan 30 | Intro to CCD Detectors | HW #4 (due 2/6) |
| Thursday Feb 1 | [LAB TIME -- MEET Angel 5190] | |
| Tuesday Feb 6 | Image Processing & Basic Photometry | HW #5 (due 2/13) |
| Thursday Feb 8 | Observing Basics and Astrometry | |
| Tuesday Feb 13 | Model Fitting and Least Squares | HW #6 (due 2/20) |
| Thursday Feb 15 | [LAB TIME -- MEET Angel 5190] | |
| Tuesday Feb 20 | In-class presentations | |
| Thursday Feb 22 | Lab Q&A -- Final Lecture |
| Date | Readings (before lab meets) | Location | Activity/Experiment | Assignment Information |
| Wed Jan 10 | Getting Started with IDL (Chapters 1 & 2) | Angell 5190 | IDL Tutorial | IDL exercises due Wed Jan 24 |
| Wed Jan 17 | Angell 5190 | IDL Tutorial (cont) + Statistics Lab | Error Theory Lab Writeup due Wed Jan 30 | |
| Wed Jan 24 | Angel Hall Telescope Manual | Angell 5190 | Angel Hall Observatory Training (+finish Stat Lab) | |
| Wed Jan 31 | CCD Manual/Software
CCD Handouts (Howell Ch. 4) |
Angell 5190 | CCD Engineering | CCD Lab Writeup due Wed Feb 7 |
| Wed Feb 7 | (Howell Ch. 5) | Angell 5190 | Aperture Photometry and Astrometry of Gamma Ray Burst Afterglow (ATV) | |
| Wed Feb 14 | Angell 5190 | GRB Lab (continued) and Angell Checkout | GRB Lab (both parts) Writeup Due on Fri Feb 23 | |
| Wed Feb 21 | Angell 5190 | Angell Checkout (extra time for GRB Lab analysis) |