SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY.
Adjunct Professor Wunder.
Mr. Graham.
Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The general
entrance requirements and Course A1 in the School of Mathematics
or its equivalent.
For Undergraduates.
Course B1: General Astronomy: Mathematics A1 prerequisite.—
In this course are given the fundamental principles and methods of
Theoretical and Practical Astronomy. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12-1. Cabell Hall.
Text-Books.—Young's General Astronomy.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Astronomy C1: Practical Astronomy: Course B1 and Mathematics
B2 (or its equivalent) prerequisite.—Spherical Astronomy and theory
of astronomical instruments, with practical exercises in making and
reducing astronomical observations. Hours by appointment. McCormick
Observatory.
Astronomy C2: Celestial Mechanics: Course B1 and Mathematics
B2 (or its equivalent) prerequisite.—The principal subjects considered
are rectilinear motion, central forces, potential, problems of two,
three and n bodies, perturbations, determination of a preliminary
orbit. Hours by appointment. Cabell Hall.
Primarily for Graduates.
Astronomy D1: Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Course C1
prerequisite.—Determination of the positions of the fixed stars, preparation
of star catalogues, statistical study of the structure of the
sidereal universe. Hours by appointment.
Astronomy D2: Theoria Motus: Course B1 and Mathematics B2
(or its equivalent) prerequisite.—Determination of the position of an
undisturbed body from known elements, determination of the elements
of an undisturbed orbit, theory of special perturbations. Hours by
appointment.
Astronomy D3: Celestial Mechanics: Course C2 prerequisite.—
Problem of three bodies, and theory of general perturbations. Hours
by appointment.
For information in regard to Fellowships in Astronomy, application
should be made to the Professor in charge of the School.
The Astronomical Observatory is situated upon an elevation
known as Mount Jefferson, which furnishes an unobstructed horizon.
The principal building is a rotunda forty-five feet in diameter, and
contains the great Clark refractor of twenty-six inches aperture.
The building and instrument are the gift of Leander J. McCormick,
Esq., of Chicago. The computing rooms are adjoining, and contain
clock, chronograph, etc., and a working library. In a smaller building
are a three-inch transit and a six-inch equatorial.
A temporary Student's Observatory, erected in the rear of
Dawson's Row, is intended more especially for the use of students
in Course B1.
For summer-school courses in Astronomy, on which college
credit will be allowed, see p. 278.
