UCO/Lick Observatory

Robert P. Kraft

Observational Astronomy Workshop

October 12 - October 16, 2017

Lick Observatory, Mt Hamilton, CA

Mount Hamilton Resources (Updated: 2017-10-16)

Lick Observatory Information Leaflet.

Lick Observatory Map.

Workshop Photos (Added 2017-10-16)

Images: flickr

Workshop Data (Added 2017-10-16):

Data from the 2017 Workshop are available at the following URL:
http://mtham.ucolick.org/egates/2017GradWorkshop/RawData

The files consist of:

• 2017-10-13 data from Nickel Telescope, including logsheets: 2017-10-13 Nickel+CCDC2
• 2017-10-14 data from Coude Auxilary Telescope, including logsheets: 2017-10-14 CAT+Hamilton
• 2017-10-14 data from Nickel Telescope, including logsheets: 2017-10-14 Nickel+CCDC2
• 2017-10-14 data from Shane Telescope, including logsheets: 2017-10-14 Shane+Kast
• 2017-10-15 data from Nickel Telescope, including logsheets: 2017-10-15 Nickel+CCDC2
• 2017-10-15 data from Shane Telescope, including logsheets: 2017-10-15 Shane+Kast

External Resources

So You want To Be A Professional Astronomer? (2008, Mercury magazine):

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.

Getting Started in Astronomy (2003, Sky & Telescope):

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.

Monthly Skymaps (skymaps.com):

http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html

Excellent monthly summary of astronomical events. Good resource for public outreach.

American Practical Navigator (`APN' or `Bowditch' 1802; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency):

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).

The Astronomical Almanac Online (HMNAO & USNO):

http://asa.hmnao.com.

Supporting documentation for the indispensible annual.

Observational Mishaps (CalTech/Mirasol Institute):

http://mirasolinstitute.org/obs_mishaps/mishaps.html.

Examples of various imaging problems.