ASTR 111L - Descriptive Astronomy I Laboratory (1 credit)

(Coreq: ASTR 111 or permission of the instructor). A series of laboratory experiments and exercises (in and outdoors) to accompany ASTR 111. Students will have the opportunity to do some night sky viewing (naked eye as well as telescope viewing). A sample of exercises: Phases of the Moon, the sky in Autumn, comparative planetology, rotation of the rings of Saturn, etc. No college mathematic prerequisite, but competency in high school algebra and geometry is expected. Offered as needed.