Schedule Fall 2025 - anjavdl/PHY517_AST443 GitHub Wiki

Date Topics Slides Tutorials Homework
Aug 25 Intro, Coordinate Systems Lecture 0, Lecture 1 HW1, due Aug 27
Aug 27 Time, Magnitudes, Atmosphere, Telescopes Lecture 2 Tu1: Linux etc. HW2, due Sep 3
Sep 1 Labor Day - no class
Sep 3 CCDs, FITS files Lecture 3 Python1,Python2, Tu4: Astro Software HW3, due Sep 10
Sep 8 Spectroscopy Lecture 4 Spectroscopy HW4, due Sept. 17
Sep 10 Statistics 1 Lecture 5
Sep 15 Statistics 2 Lecture 6 Tu5: Source Extractor HW5, due Sept. 24
Sep 17 Data Analysis Help Session
Sep 22 Data Analysis Help Session
Sep 24 Data Analysis Help Session
Sep 29 Data Analysis Help Session
Oct 1 Instructions: Proposal Writing Lecture 7, wiki link
Oct 6 Data Analysis Help Session
Oct 8 Data Analysis Help Session
Oct 13 Fall Break - no class
Oct 15 Proposal deadline, 2pm Data Analysis Help Session
Oct 20 Data Analysis Help Session
Oct 22 Time Allocation Committee
Oct 27 Data Analysis Help Session
Oct 29 Data Analysis Help Session
Nov 3 Data Analysis Help Session
Nov 5 Data Analysis Help Session
Nov 10 Data Analysis Help Session
Nov 12 Data Analysis Help Session
Nov 17 Data Analysis Help Session
Nov 19 Instructions: Final Presentations Lecture 8
Nov 24 Data Analysis Help Session
Nov 26 Thanksgiving Break - no class
Dec 1 Data Analysis Help Session
Dec 3 Data Analysis Help Session
Dec 8 Final presentations
Dec 12 Last day to hand in lab reports