THIS WEBSITE CONTAINS THE LATEST POLICY ON OBSERVING AND EXTRA CREDIT IN ASTRONOMY COURSES

  Observing Report Requirement  are celestial objects seen via a telescope and reported on forms (for each object) found below (OBSERVING REPORT FORM) or in the Appendix of the laboratory manual.   Hand the report into the professor when done.  Any reported object  will be counted as Extra Credit.  Your instructor may have a maximum amount of points for extra credit. Please check with them  for their policy on extra credit.  

ALL OBSERVING FORMS  MUST BE stamp DATED at CSI  or dated and signed  at other OBSERVATORY sites LISTED BELOW.  Copied or Forged work will not be acceptable.

ALL OBJECTS OBSERVED ARE SKETCHED AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT YOU LOOK THEM UP AND BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THEM ON THE OBSERVING SHEET FOR FULL CREDIT.

ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT EXTRA CREDIT:  You can write a Term Paper or take one or both suggested Museum Field trips or other trip opportunities that may arise.

DETAILS ON THE TERM PAPER AND MUSEUM FIELD TRIPS ARE FOUND IN THE APPENDIX OF THE LABORATORY MANUAL OR ON THE LINKS BELOW (TERM PAPER OPTION  and the MUSEUM TRIP OPTION). 

ADDTIONAL INFORMATION IS ALSO FOUND BELOW:

HOW TO OBSERVE AND Observatory sites  in NJ and NY  

CSI  Observing Schedule   and notes on CSI observing

Observing Report Form -      (print out this page to use and hand in).

Museum Trip Options  Two trips for Extra Credit

Term Paper Option   details needed   see also "How to write a term paper" found on the  link STUDENT  RESOURCES"

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION on TRIPS and TERM PAPER

IN ALL CASES THE Quality of the work determines it's value!

NOTES ON THE Two MUSEUM FIELD TRIP's:  

TRIP I: A report on a Visit to the new "Rose Center -Hayden Planetarium" at the American Museum of Natural History-Hand into the professor. You must answer the questions found in the Laboratory Manual  APPENDIX  OR THE LINK ABOVE on this field trip. This trip can cost you about $20 BUT TELL THEM YOU ARE A STUDENT FOR REDUCED RATE

TRIP II: A report on a visit to several "Science Halls of the American Museum of Natural History" -same value as planetarium visit. See Laboratory Manual  APPENDIX  OR THE LINK ABOVE FOR DETAILS OF THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE TO ANSWER FOR FULL CREDIT!

IN BOTH TRIPS YOUR RECEIPTS MUST BE KEPT AND ATTACHED TO THE REPORT AS PROOF YOU WENT AND IT IS DATED..    Museum Pamphlets are not proof you went . 

WARNING: REPORTS CAN BE REFUSED IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROPERLY DATED RECEIPT!

NOTES ON A TERM PAPER:

Let the instructor know what the topic is before you start!

Please NOTE Again: THE LABORATORY MANUAL HAS THE DETAILS ON OBSERVATION REPORTS, MUSEUM VISITS AND TERM PAPERS.   

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