1. This lab has naked-eye observations, and thus must be done in the evening.
2. Lab 1 key: Each task is to be checked against task answers after completing said task in the lab.
3. Quiz 1: To be completed after the lab is completed: closed book/note/Web with time allowed 2 minutes per question. You are on your honor to follow the Rules for Remote Instruction Exams/Quizzes.
4. Quiz 1 key: Posted in student grade records after quiz done.
5. Mercury ☿ is the western sky visible at 8:30 pm or so about a spread hand above the horizon a bit south of where the Sun set along the ecliptic. You have to stare for awhile for it to appear. See sky map / weather for Jun09.

1. This lab is a very long lab and probably takes 4 hours in total. Maybe you should spread it over 2 sessions. You must do everything NOT labeled IPI := In-Person Instruction only. You just the attempt that tasks. If after an effort you can't make progress, study the lab key answer.
2. Most of this lab can be done at any time, but the last task, Task 25: Naked-Eye Observations, has naked-eye observations, and thus must be done in the evening. Note you will NOT see full constellations usually. Yours truly went out 8:30 to 9:00 sky map in hand at UNLV. The Big Dipper can be made out north of zenith and you follow the arc of its handle to Arcturus (arc to Arcturus) which is a bright, yellow star near zenith. South of zenith is Spica. Rising to the NE is the Summer Triangle: Vega is quite bright, eventually you find Deneb, at 9:00 Altair is pretty close the horizon. Two spread hands, above due north is Polaris. A bit east of that are two barely seen stars, the head of Draco. To the west slightly north are Castor and Pollux, closer to the horizon is Mercury. The more you look, the more you see.
3. Lab 2 key: Each task is to be checked against task answers after completing said task in the lab.
4. Quiz 2: To be completed after the lab is completed: closed book/note/Web with time allowed 2 minutes per question. You are on your honor to follow the Rules for Remote Instruction Exams/Quizzes.
5. Quiz 2 key: Posted in student grade records after quiz done.

1. We omit all the practical tasks with telescopes (these are labeled IPI only) since for RMI, we have NO access to telescopes. It is NOT clear how long this lab will take, but it's probably relatively short without 40 minutes of observations.
2. Most of this lab can be done at any time, but the last task, Task 18: Naked-Eye Observations, has naked-eye observations, and thus must be done in the evening. To be different from Jun10, maybe try later at night say 11:00 pm. The Summer Triangle will be much higher in the sky and on the eastern horizon Jupiter and Saturn will be rising together. The are very bright by comparison to stars.
3. Lab 3 key: Each task is to be checked against task answers after completing said task in the lab.
4. Quiz 3: To be completed after the lab is completed: closed book/note/Web with time allowed 2 minutes per question. You are on your honor to follow the Rules for Remote Instruction Exams/Quizzes.
5. Quiz 3 key: Posted in student grade records after quiz done.

1. The telescope use in this lab is omitted. In fact, it is just good telescope practice since the observations for actual results are done best by naked-eye astronomy. However, there are NO omitted tasks: do them all. For the naked-eye astronomy, do the best you can. You have to stare for awhile at the stars. The NWS Las Vegas weather is good: very little cloud cover. It's also dark time---the Moon is NOT up---but we're still in Las Vegas---except for those who are arn't. This is probably a middling length lab. Maybe 2.5 hours with concentrated effort. But you do have to do the observations after 8:30 pm, but some of the non-observation tasks can be done earlier.
2. If you observe at night say 11:00 pm or so, the Summer Triangle will be much higher in the sky and on the eastern horizon Jupiter and Saturn will be rising together. The are very bright by comparison to stars.
3. Lab 8 key: Each task is to be checked against task answers after completing said task in the lab.
4. Quiz 8: To be completed after the lab is completed: closed book/note/Web with time allowed 2 minutes per question. You are on your honor to follow the Rules for Remote Instruction Exams/Quizzes.
5. Quiz 8 key: Posted in student grade records after quiz done.

1. Unfortunately, the fun parts of this lab use equipment and software not available to remote instruction. The upside is that the remote lab version is probably fairly short: maybe 2 hours or concentrated effort.
2. Most of this lab can be done at any time, but the last task, Task 18: Naked-Eye Observations, has naked-eye observations, and thus must be done in the evening. If you go out at 9:00 pm, Arcturus should be close to Zenith, Spica to the south of it and a little west, and Antares (α SCO) in Scorpius to the east of Spica. Antares is a distincly reddish star---which is why its called Antares (etymology).
3. Lab 10 key: Each task is to be checked against task answers after completing said task in the lab.
4. Quiz 10: To be completed after the lab is completed: closed book/note/Web with time allowed 2 minutes per question. You are on your honor to follow the Rules for Remote Instruction Exams/Quizzes.
5. Quiz 10 key: Posted in student grade records after quiz done.

1. Unfortunately, some fun parts of this lab use equipment and software not available to remote instruction. The upside is that the remote lab version is probably fairly short: maybe 2 hours or concentrated effort.
2. Most of this lab can be done at any time, but the last task, Task 19: Naked-Eye Observations, has naked-eye observations, and thus must be done in the evening. If you go out at 11:00 pm or so, Jupiter and Saturn are in the sky close together in the east: Jupiter a bit west of Saturn. They are both brighter than any star. But you won't see the Galilean moons or the rings of Saturn with the naked-eye.
3. Lab 6 key: Each task is to be checked against task answers after completing said task in the lab.
4. Quiz 6: To be completed after the lab is completed: closed book/note/Web with time allowed 2 minutes per question. You are on your honor to follow the Rules for Remote Instruction Exams/Quizzes.
5. Quiz 6 key: Posted in student grade records after quiz done.

            Still round the corner there may wait 
            a new road or a secret gate; 
            and though I oft have passed them by, 
            a day will come at last when I 
            shall take the hidden paths that run 
            west of the moon, east of the sun.
            

1. This is fairly short lab. Classifying 70 galaxies seems like a lot, but there is a quick learning curve, and so after a few, the rest go quickly.
2. Most of this lab can be done at any time, but the last task, Task 10: Naked-Eye Observations, has naked-eye observations, and thus must be done in the evening. If you go out at 8:30 pm or so, you will see the 2nd crescent moon in the western sky which a nice sight.
3. Lab 11 key: Each task is to be checked against task answers after completing said task in the lab.
4. Quiz 11: To be completed after the lab is completed: closed book/note/Web with time allowed 2 minutes per question. You are on your honor to follow the Rules for Remote Instruction Exams/Quizzes.
5. Quiz 11 key: Posted in student grade records after quiz done.

1. This is probably a middling long lab. So maybe 3 hours of concentrated effort.
2. Most of this lab can be done at any time, but the last task, Task 15: Naked-Eye Observations, has naked-eye observations, and thus must be done in the evening. If you go out at 8:30 pm or so, you will see the crescent moon in the western sky which a nice sight.
3. Lab 12 key: Each task is to be checked against task answers after completing said task in the lab.
4. Quiz 12: To be completed after the lab is completed: closed book/note/Web with time allowed 2 minutes per question. You are on your honor to follow the Rules for Remote Instruction Exams/Quizzes.
5. Quiz 12 key: Posted in student grade records after quiz done.

Course Evaluations: There are NO course evaluations for summer semesters.

1. This is probably a middling long lab. So maybe 3 hours of concentrated effort.
2. Most of this lab can be done at any time, but naked-eye observations of the Moon must be done when the lunar phase is between about 1st quarter moon and about full moon. So by Jul02. Any time after sunset should be OK. The full moon or nearly full moon can be glaring. So might try using sunglasses for the observations.
3. Lab 4 key: Each task is to be checked against task answers after completing said task in the lab.
4. Quiz 4: To be completed after the lab is completed: closed book/note/Web with time allowed 2 minutes per question. You are on your honor to follow the Rules for Remote Instruction Exams/Quizzes.
5. Quiz 4 key: Posted in student grade records after quiz done.

1. This is probably a middling long lab. So maybe 3 hours of concentrated effort.
2. Omit Sections 9,10,11 and the tasks therein. They are rather long and unrevised.
3. Most of this lab can be done at any time, but naked-eye observations of Jupiter ♃ and and Saturn ♄ probably need to be done after about 9 pm. Actually Jul05 would be fun night to observe them since they will be in near conjunction with the full moon. They will all rise with sunset but probably can't be seen till a little later.
4. Lab 5 key: Each task is to be checked against task answers after completing said task in the lab.
5. Quiz 5: To be completed after the lab is completed: closed book/note/Web with time allowed 2 minutes per question. You are on your honor to follow the Rules for Remote Instruction Exams/Quizzes.
6. Quiz 5 key: Posted in student grade records after quiz done.