Astronomy 130: Astronomy II Lab

Section L7 Spring 2025

 

Lab Day:  Tuesday

Lab Location: RITA room 365

Time: 7:00-10:00PM (section L7)

 

 

Lab Instructor: Dr. George Chartas

Office: RITA 307

Office hours:  MW 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Phone: (843) 953-3609

Email: chartasg@cofc.edu

 

Schedule

DATE

LAB ACTIVITY

NOTES

14 Jan

LAB 1: Blackbody and Emission Spectra

 

21 Jan

LAB 2: Reflection and Refraction

 

28 Jan

LAB 3: Telescopes and letter to elected official

 

 4 Feb

LAB 4: Magnitudes and Brightness

 

11 Feb

 

 

18 Feb

LAB 5: Eclipsing and Spectroscopic Binaries

 

25 Feb

LAB 6: The H-R Diagram

 

4 Mar

Spring Break, No classes

 

11 Mar

LAB 7: Spectral Classification  

 

18 Mar

LAB 8: Messier Object Observing

 

25 Mar

LAB 9: Variable Stars

 

 1 April

LAB 10: The Crab Nebula   

 

 

8 April

LAB 11: SgrA*

 

15 April

LAB 12: Galaxy Classification and Evolution

 

 

22 April

LAB 13: Hubble-Lemaître Law

 

24 April

Reading Day