The Michigan Math and Science Scholars 2008
ASTRONOMY: Climbing the Distance Ladder: How Astronomers Survey the Universe
   

9am-10am 10am-11am 11am-12pm 12pm-1:30pm 1:30pm-2:30pm 2:30pm-3:30pm 3:30pm-4:30pm EVENING
Sun, Jun 29




RECEPTION 3:00-4:00 Math Atrium

Mon, Jun 30
MMSS GENERAL Int. to Angell EX: Parallax
Solar  observing this week?
OLD DETROIT OBS.VISIT
Int. to Distance
Ladder
0.4m OPEN HOUSE

ORIENTATION Hall




this week?
Tue, Jul 1
Int. to Distance
Ladder cont.
Int. to m & M
Quiz Bowl #1
Mark Holl
EX: Derive
Planetarium Int. to HR




(1800 Chemistry)
distance modulus
Visit I
Diagram
Wed, Jul 2
LAB: Classification of Pleiades
Int. to Stellar
RADIO OBS
VISIT






Evolution




Thu, Jul 3
LAB: Cepheid Variables
Int. to ISM Ed Rothman
LAB: Star Clusters
Quiz Bowl #2




(1360 East Hall)




Fri, Jul 4
Int. to galaxy EX: Interaction Planetarium
Int. to SRT
EX: Research, setup &


structure with GalaSimu Visit II

activate SRT command file

Sat, Jul 5








Sun, Jul 6








Mon, Jul 7
Int. to Rot. EX: Analyze SRT Output

Solar  observing this week?
LAB: Tully-Fisher relation
Quiz Bowl #3 0.4m OPEN HOUSE

Curves





this week?
Tue, Jul 8
Int. to larger EX: Local Group Plan  Local Group
ADMISSIONS Prepare Scale Model
of Local Group
DATA SOURCE


scales
with MATLAB Model
(1800 Chemistry)




Wed, Jul 9
Int. to Hubble EX: explore data & models
Set up scale model
of Local Group on Diag
Int. to NASA EX:Explore multiband image


Flow using MATLAB

Skyview
ident. with SkyView and spectra

Thu, Jul 10
Int. to dark matter in galaxies,
Quiz Bowl #4
Gavin LaRose
Int. to Ia SNe LAB: Age of Universe


clusters, and superclusters

(1360 East Hall)
and acceleration


Fri, Jul 11
The power of gravity:
AGN & GRBs -- the

Summary
EX: Class research Ned Wright's ABC of distances




the most distant objects we can see EX: exploring GR



and each presents (short ppt) on one or two


KEY:







Lunch & Learn
Lunch
Field trip
EXercise LABoratory Introduction


MMSS2008.zip


Shannon's web sites

Missions

Sun-Earth

NSO

APOD

astro-ph

Toons

Toons

SDSS

Mars

Stardust

SOHO

Aurora

Aurora


galasimu.zip: (Needs a DOS window or DOS emulation under Windows)