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Mount Hamilton Resources (Updated: 2015-10-17)
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Travel Guidelines: Guidelines.
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UCSC Payee Setup Form (identification number 204): Form.
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UCSC Post Travel Expense: Form.
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Lick Observatory Information Leaflet.
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Lick Observatory Map.
Workshop Images
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Photos: Picasaweb
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Video: YouTube
Workshop Data (Added 2015-10-21):
Data from the 2015 Workshop are available at the following URL: http://mtham.ucolick.org/egates/2015GradWorkshop/
The files consist of:
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Data from CAT, Nickel, and Shane Telescopes, including logsheets: Workshop2015Data.tar.gz
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Data from Nickel and Shane Telescopes, including logsheets, used for the Data Reduction activity: Workshop2011Data.tar.gz
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Data and reduction files for groups using UCO/Lick computers durind the Data Reduction activity: Workshop2015Groups.tar.gz
External Resources
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So You want To Be A Professional Astronomer?
(2008, Mercury magazine):
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http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/dforbes/mercury.pdf
A light article on a carreer in astronomy by
Professor Duncan Forbes of Swinburne University,
Australia published in the Astronomical Society of
the Pacific's quarterly magazine.
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Getting Started in Astronomy
(2003, Sky & Telescope):
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http://www.skyandtelescope.com/howto/basics/Getting_Started_in_Astronomy.html
Useful briefings on the night sky for both Northern
and Southern Hemispheres.
Good resource for public outreach.
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Monthly Skymaps (skymaps.com):
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http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html
Excellent monthly summary of astronomical events.
Good resource for public outreach.
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American Practical Navigator (`APN' or
`Bowditch' 1802; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency):
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http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal.
A freely-available resource, valuable as an
introduction to the celestial spehere.
Since Bowditch's American Practical Navigator is
primarly published for maritime operations, there
are some important differences in terminology used
(for example, Sidereal Hour Angle, measured in
degrees West along the celestial equator from the
Vernal Equinox is the expliment of Right
Ascension, measured in hours,
minutes and seconds East of the Vernal Equinox).
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The Astronomical Almanac Online (HMNAO & USNO):
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http://asa.hmnao.com.
Supporting documentation for the
indispensible annual.
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Observational Mishaps (CalTech/Mirasol Institute):
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http://mirasolinstitute.org/obs_mishaps/mishaps.html.
Examples of various imaging problems.
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