Astronomy 121 - Radio Astronomy Laboratory - Spring 2017

Calendar
Who's who in the class

Groups:

• #DREAMTEAM: Sara G., Leo S., Diana K., Sofia S.
  
• 656Three*: Timothy Willie Ross, Andrew Halle, Ben Jeffers, Sam J.
  
• Team Supernova: Megan A., Morgan W., Elisha J., Spencer A.
  
• The Four Yays: Melissa H., Melissa M., Hallie L., Sunpyo H.
  

Experiments:

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

• Lab Instructions .pdf texfiles
  
• Unix Primer .pdf texfiles
  
• Emacs Primer .pdf texfiles
  
• Emacs Shortcuts .pdf
  
• IDL Tutorial .pdf texfiles
  
• Plotting in IDL .pdf texfiles
  
• Discrete Fourier Transforms .pdf texiles
  
Week 2 Handouts

• A Guide to Data Types in IDL .pdf texfiles
  
Week 3 Handouts

• Sample Latex Document .pdf texfiles
  
• All AAS, AMS, and standard Latex symbols (hundreds) .pdf
  
• The extended set of Latex symbols (thousands) .pdf
  
• Using Latex for Greek, etc, in IDL: use textoidl.pro ;
  and then, to make nice ps versions, use ps_ch.pro
  
• Lab Report Suggestions .pdf texfiles
  
• How to view ps, pdf, jpg, etc files: .pdf texfiles
  
• evince keybindings:: .pdf
  
2. Lab 2: 21cm Observations with the Horn, and Waveguides
Week 1 Handouts

• Lab Instructions .pdf texfiles
  
• Spectral Line Calibration .pdf texfiles
  
• Spherical Coordinate Transformation .pdf texfiles
  
• What, exactly, are does the horn measure? Specific Intensity--the fount of all knowledge! .pdf texfiles
  
• Reference Reading from Ramo, Whinney, and Van Duzer .pdf
  
Week 2 Handouts

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

• Lab Instructions .pdf texfiles
  
• 2d brute force fitting notes .pdf
  
4. Lab 4: Leuschner Dish
Week 1 Handouts

• Lab Instructions .pdf texfiles
  
• Projecting the sky onto a plane .pdf
  
• How to create a perspective projectioon in IDL.pdf texfiles
  
Week 2 Handouts

• Reading/Manipulating Color Images: 1d IMAGE EXPLORATION AND PROCESSING USING display .pdf texfiles
  
• Color High Quality Images using tr_display .pdf texfiles
  
• Creating Color Images: 1d2d3d .pdf texfiles
  
• The ISM is full of supernova-driven bubbles. Here's the physics of shocks and blastwaves: shocks.pdf
  
• Radiative transfer of the 21-cm line: radx_fast.pdf
  
• Download this demo image, which is referred to by the above handouts: rass_c.fits
  
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
  
  

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