UCO/Lick Observatory

E. Margaret Burbidge

Observational Astronomy Workshop

October 9 - October 11, 2020

Remotely from Lick Observatory, Mt Hamilton, CA

Mount Hamilton Resources (Updated 2021-08-28):

UCSC Post Travel Expense: Form.

Lick Observatory Information Leaflet.

Lick Observatory Map.

Workshop Photos (Updated 2021-08-30)

Images: flickr

Images: Google

External Resources (Updated: 2020-10-11)

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.

Position and time - the celestial sphere and coordinate systems:

Rotating Sky Globe

Interactive tool for illustrating Ecliptic, Right Ascension, Declination, Vernal Equinox, Stars, etc. Configurable for differing locations.

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.