Read this document in its entirety the first time and know your responsibilities.

See "Announcements" for when labs are to be submitted.

    Laboratory work is a necessary aspect of the course. Every student must complete all lab
assignments or they will be considered not to have completed all the requirements to pass the course.
If a student misses a laboratory, 30 points will be deducted from that student's number  of earned
course points for each missed lab, UNLESS A "MISSED LAB FORM" IS  COMPLETED AND SIGNED
BY THE INSTRUCTOR, and the work is completed satisfactorily  and submitted for inspection.

    Much of the lab work will involve running software on a computer in the lab.  In order to do this, a
student must know their account name and password to login. These are the same  as those initially
assigned to you for your e-mail account.  If you have changed your password,  it  may not work in lab.
Make sure you have found out this information before the 2nd lab  session  of the semester.

    Lab work not completed during regularly scheduled lab hours must be done on your own.  It is
up to you to complete all the assigned lab exercises, no excuses.  Students may have access
to the lab room, P-121, for extra time or makeup work, whenever it is open or I am in my office.

Not all lab assignments will be graded, but they must be completed to the instructor's satisfaction.   All
lab and homework assignments that are to be handed in for grading and credit must be done thoroughly,
according to the instructions, neatly, and on time.  Late reports will be penalized.

Answer sheets for the lab exercises may be downloaded from this web page.  Do this in advance
of lab and bring it/them with you to lab.

Do not submit answer sheets directly removed from the Course Manual.  Submit only 8.5 in. x 11 in.
printed copies of the answer pages that have been downloaded from my web site.   Answer pages
removed from the manual are not acceptable.

Always keep a backup photocopy of any lab report that you submit in case your submitted report is
somehow lost.

If an exercise is to be submitted for credit, make fresh copies of the answer pages on which
are to be transferred the answers from your rough copies made in lab.  Make sure the answers are
printed neatly in ink.  When completed, staple together all pages of the report before submitting.

    Lab reports will usually consist of  the answer sheets or other specified pages from
the Course Manual or forms distributed to the student by the instructor. All pages of a report,
including any photocopies, must be 8.5 x 11 inches. Photocopies obtained that are larger than this
should be cut to 8.5 x 11 dimensions before handing in the report and all pages must be stapled
together.

NOTE: All landscape charts to be included in a report must be stapled with the other pages in
a way similar to the way the charts are facing in the manual.  Make sure you check this out.

    If photocopies are submitted, they must be straight, legible, and clear. Your name, date, and lab
day should be at the top of each page. Each assignment is to be done with care, neatness, and style
as though it were a term paper. Assignments done carelessly, or that do no adhere to the above
criteria, will be returned  without credit.

COVER PAGE

    All submitted reports must have a cover page with your name, lab day and due date on  separate
lines in the upper right corner. Below this and centered on the page should be the exercise number
and title.    THIS FORMAT IS SHOWN BELOW:

Lab reports with cover pages possessing a format that is not exactly the same as shown  above will be returned
ungraded or penalized.

Assignments Schedule (Subject to change)

Beginning with the 3rd lab session, you may need to know the original password issued to you to get on
the Novell  network, because if you have changed your password, sometimes it will work and sometimes
not.  So,  be sure to write down what your original password was if you change it.   Otherwise, you might
have a problem.

Week 1:

The first laboratory session of the semester will involve concepts and terminology for the exercises in the
following weeks. It will include use of the planetarium,  a celestial globe,  and the completion of Ex. 1.0.
Be sure to bring your lab manual with you to lab.

Week 2:

Exercise 2.0 will be done at the second lab meeting of the semester. Please try to read this exercise over before
class. Students will be expected to have their lab manuals, rulers and calculators with them at that time

Lab Exercise 2.0 is to be submitted as a 3 page report on a date to be announced in the announcements  The
report is to consist of a cover page adhering to the format given above, and copies of pages 10 and  the star
chart on page 11 in the Manual.

Make sure you follow the instructions to the letter for doing this assignment.  This includes expressing the
precision of your numbers, the way to identify the stars on the star chart, etc.

NOTE: All landscape charts to be included in a report must be
stapled with the other pages in a way similar to the way the
charts are facing in the manual.  A penalty will be applied if
charts are stapled the wrong way, because it makes it more
difficult to grade when the charts are upside down.
Please take note of this.

Week 3:

Exercise 15.0 on planetary orbits will be done at the 3rd lab session.  Downlaod a copy of the answer sheet.
You will need all of your lab equipment:  protractor, ruler, calculator, and a pencil This exercise is to be done
neatly and according to the instructions in the manual.  Make sure you have a working password before this lab
session of the semester.

Your report, when and if requested to be submitted, is to consist of a cover page, the answer sheet, and 3
charts all stapled together in the proper order.  The charts should be labeled as Chart 1, Chart 2, etc.  Make
sure charts 2 and 3 are for the same date and not for the date of chart 1.

Week 4:

Exercises  5.0 will be done the 4th week in lab.  You will not need your equipment.

Try to read ahead.  Bring a copiy of each answer sheet in Ex. 5.0 to use in lab.  Exercise 5.0 will involve using the
computer lab.

Week 5:

Exercise 7.0  will be started the 5th week.   Bring 2 copies of the answer sheet to lab.  When doing Ex. 7.0, skip
part V on drawing the diurnal circles of the Sun. When submitting thie report, include a cover page and the two
answer sheets with the one for 40 degrees latitude first.

Week 6:

Exercise 13.0 will be done the 6th week; you will need all of your equipment and a copy of the answer sheet,
which may be downloaded from my web page.

Week 7:

 Ex. 6.0  will be done the 7th week   For Ex. 6.0 you will need  your equipment.  Print copies of the two answer
charts for this exercise and bring them to lab.  They are labeled as Ex. 6.0 Lat 40 Chart and Ex 6.0 Lat 65
Chart.

For the celestial sphere charts, on which you draw diurnal  circles, you only draw the circles for declinations
25/20 and 65 degrees, for both latitude 40 and latitude 65 degrees, since the diurnal circle for declination 0 degrees
(the CE) is already drawn.  The data that was obtained in Ex. 5.0 for these 3 declinations is then used to
annotate the rising, UT, setting, and LT points on all 3 diurnal circles (that includes the CE). See the example for
a declination of -30 degrees that is shown on the diagram for latitude 40 deg. If the star is circumpolar, there
will be no rise and set points.  Lab reports done carelessly or not according to instructions will not be graded.

Exercise 15.1 is a required homework assignment, which is to be submitted on a date to be announced.  See
Announcements.  The report is to consist of a cover page, the answer page, and 3 charts in proper order and
stapled together with the other pages the proper way.

Week 8:

Ex. 14.0 on eclipses will follow Ex. 6.0

Week 9:

Ex. 17.0  and 17.1 will follow exercise 14.0.

Week 10:

Ex. 18.0  follows Ex. 17.0 and 17.1.

When submitting Ex. 18.0 as a report, in addition to a cover page, also submit only the two answer pages that
are available to be downloaded from my web page.

Week 11:

Ex. 18.7  will follow Ex. 18.0

Week 12:

Virtual Astronomy Ex. 21 will follow Ex. 18.7
This exercise is not in my manual but is only available on-line in the
lab room.  Print out the answer sheet from my web site beforehand.

Week 13:

Virtual Astronomy Ex. 27 will follow VA Ast. Ex. 21.

Week 14:

    To be announced.

All exercises must be completed satisfactorily but submission for credit will be at the instructor's
discretion.  Which are to be submitted for grading will be posted in the announcements, so be sure to
check that document frequently thoughout the semester..

If a lab is to be submitted for grading, the report is to consist of a cover sheet followed by  the answer
page (not to be torn from the manual), followed by the appropriae charts, numbered, and in proper
sequence.  All pages are to be stapled together in the upper left hand corner.  All landscape charts
should be included in the report in such a way that they face the way the charts in the manual face.
This is the proper format for all lab reports.

Do Not Forget the Following:

    Bring your centimeter ruler, protractor, and calculator with you to lab.  Also make photocopies of
the answer sheets in advance for each exercise  2.0, and bring these with you to use in lab.   If you
fail to remember to do these things, a penalty will be incurred.

OBTAINING HARD COPY FROM SKYLAB:

    To capture and get a print of the screen in SKYLAB, proceed as follows:

    0.0  Make sure a green camera icon is on the bottom menu bar.  If not, click on the
           "Snagit" icon to load this software.
    1     Run Skylab to obtain chart desired to be printed.
    2.    Press ALT+RETURN
    3.    Press the  PRINT SCREEN key (upper right on the keyboard) to capture the window by
           Snagit.
    4.    Click in the upper left corner of the chart and drag to encapsulate the part of the image you want
           to print.
    5.    Click on Crop.
    6.    On the menu bar at the top of the Snagit window, click on "Image" and then on "Scale".
    7.    Select 200% and "ok"
    8.    Or: Click on "File",  then "Page Setup", followed by "Page Layout."  Then select "Max. on
            single page."  Then click on two subsequent oks.
    9.    From the menu, click on "Color" and then "Invert".'
    10.   Select from the menu, "File",  then "Page Setup", and then "Properties'.
    11.   Click on the "Basics" tab. and select "Landscape" if it is not already selected. Click "ok"
            twice in sequence.
    12.   Click on the "Finish" or "Print' Icon.
    13.   After the computer prints your chart, click on box with red X or "Cancel"
    14.   Press ALT+ENTER and then retire Snagit.
    15.   Then Press ALT+ENTER again to return to SKYLAB.

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