Astronomy 121 - Radio Astronomy Laboratory - Spring 2015

Calendar
Who's who in the class

Groups:

• Badwolf: Clayton, Philip, Cherie, Tabitha
  
• Darkstar: Rachel, Stevo, Brianna, Mahrud
  
• FFT: Meng, Kevin, Josemir, Michael
  
• Cram: Conor, Ron, Austin, Michelle
  
• Haj: Han, Anfit, Jonathan
  

Experiments:

1. Lab 1: Exploring Digital Sampling, Fourier Transforms, the SSB and DSB Mixers
Week 1 Handouts

• Lab Instructions .pdf .tex
  
• Unix Primer .pdf .tex
  
• Emacs Primer .pdf .tex
  
• Emacs Shortcuts .pdf
  
• IDL Tutorial .pdf .tex
  
• Discrete Fourier Transforms .pdf .tex
  
Week 3 Handouts

• Sample Latex Document .pdf .tex 2dgaussian.ps
  
• Lab Report Suggestions .pdf .tex
  
2. Lab 2: 21cm Observations with the Horn, and Waveguides
Week 1 Handouts

• Lab Instructions .pdf
  
• Spherical Coordinate Transformation .pdf
  
• Spectral Line Calibration .pdf
  
• Reference Reading from Ramo, Whinney, and Van Duzer .pdf
  
• A Guide to Data Types in IDL .pdf
  
Week 2 Handouts

• Least Squares Lite Handout .pdf
  
• Least Squares Full Handout .pdf
  
3. Lab 3: Interferometer
Week 1 Handouts

• Lab Instructions .pdf
  
4. Lab 4: Leuschner Dish
Week 1 Handouts

• Lab Instructions .pdf
  
• Fount of All Knowledge .pdf
  
Week 3 Handouts

• Guide to Color Imaging Handouts .pdf
  
• Reading/Manipulating Color Images: IDEAMAN/IDIDL .pdf
  
• Creating Color Images: 1d2d3d .pdf
  
• Color Images in IDL: TR Display .pdf
  
Colorblindness Links

• On the importance of considering colorblindness when making color figures
  
• A resource on colorblindness and making colorblind-friendly presentations and figures
  
Resources for the Leuschner Spectrometer

• Getting to Leuschner
  
• Link to Observing Calendar
  
• Rachel Domagalski's Spectrometer Documentation
  
• Rachel's Class Presentation
  
• Leuschner Webcam
  
  

Quizzes:

• Lab 1 Quiz solutions
  
• Lab 2 Quiz solutions
  
• Lab 3 Quiz solutions
  
• Lab 4 Quiz solutions
  

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