By the end of this unit, a successful student will be able to:
All assignments are due on the date listed. That is not the date they are assigned.
Due date Day Assignment
9/15 Tue Read: 1.3 & More Precisely 1-1
Do: Project Star (PS) pp. 6-8: #1-7
Moon observations
9/16 Wed Read: The Stars 108-115 (H A Rey)
More Precisely 1-2 (Chaisson p. 12)
Do: Write definitions of: altitude, meridian, north celestial pole,
south celestial pole, solar day, sidereal day, celestial equator
Moon observations
Celestial Coordinates Lab (in class)
9/17 Thu Read: 1.4
Do: p. 30: R&D 9, 10, 11
pp. 30-31: T/F&MC: 4, 5, 13
Moon observations
Celestial Coordinates lab (in class)
9/18 Fri Do: Moon observations
Do PS pp. 6-9 problems 8-11;
Self test: 1-6
in class – finish Celestial Coordinates lab
9/21 Mon Read: 1.5
Read: The Stars pp. 116-123 (H.A. Rey)
Do: p. 30: R&D 12
p. 31: T/F&MC: 14
p. 31 Problems: 4 (see section 1.4)
The Stars question:
If you were to go to Mumbai (Bombay), India (latitude 19° N) how high would the NCP be above the horizon?
If you were to go to Johannesburg, South Africa
(latitude 26° S) how high would the SCP be above the
horizion?
9/22 Tue Read: 1.6
Do: p. 30 R&D 13, 14, 15
pp. 30-31 T/F & MC: 6,7,8, 15, 16
9/23 Wed Test (1.3 – 1.6: Celestial coordinates and the apparent relative
motion of the Moon, Sun, and Earth)
9/24 Thu Activities Fair
Observation Targets:
Evening: Saturn (low west)
Andromeda Galaxy
Early morning: Venus (low East, mid September)
Orion Nebula
Pleiades
Andromeda Galaxy
Online Labs: Basic Cooridnates and Seasons - UNL: http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion1/motion1.html
The Rotating Sky - UNL: http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion2/motion2.html
Motions of the Sun - UNL: http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion3/motion3_i.html
Lunar Phases - UNL: http://astro.unl.edu/naap/lps/lps.html