OFFICE HOURS, SCHEDULES, ETC

Astronomy 1101/1103 __________________________________ Yervant Terzian/Terry Herter

Office hours, locations, and phone numbers for the TAs and the instructor (Terzian) are given in the table below. To send an email to someone, click on his or her name. You will also find the section and lab schedules listed here as well. TAs will nominally hold office hours in 111 Space Science Building.

CONTACT INFORMATION

SECTION SCHEDULE

NOTE: Students enrolled in Astronomy 1101/1103 attended discussion sections every week. Sections begin on MONDAY, August 27.

SSB: Space Sciences Building; RCK: Rockefeller Hall

A1103 LABORATORY SCHEDULE

NOTE: Students in Astronomy 1101 DO NOT attend laboratory exercises. Labs begin on Monday, August 27.

LABORATORY EXERCISES

You must complete all FIVE laboratory exercises I to V. Lab III will be done at the Fuertes Observatory on the first clear evening of a day when your lab is scheduled to meet (no afternoon meeting). There will two tries to get this lab in. If the second try is cloudy, you will do the Celetial Sphere lab. If you are scheduled for an evening lab and your lab has not already completed III, check with the arrangements your TA has made (email and/or web notification). Labs I, II, IV, V meet in Clark 132.

LAB SCHEDULE

*Back-up date for Observing - check with TA
**Meet at Fuertes in the evening to do the Observing Lab (no afternoon meeting)
NO LABS will meet the week of October 8 (Fall Break) or November 19 (Thanksgiving).

MAKEUP POLICY: Labs are offered 3 times each semester; students should be able to complete all five exercises during the regular 10-week lab period. If you anticipate being unable to attend your regular lab session, you may do the lab in another section, with permission of the TA. If you miss a lab, you must report the reason for your absence to your lab TA within one week of missing the lab. At the end of the semester, students with an excused absence may make up one lab.