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ASTR 277A

Astronomy Research Project

6 units

Sections & times

Tutorial.

Fall 2026: 15 sections. All of them are open. The oldest of these readings was 3 hours ago.

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No grade history for this course: the data runs Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Sections for Fall 2026 are below.

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From the registrar's catalog

Tutorial, to be arranged. Designed for second-year graduate astronomy students. Two-term research project planned in conjunction with faculty adviser on any suitable research topic in astronomy or astrophysics, culminating in written report at end of second term. S/U grading.

Sections in Fall 2026

Seat counts as of : the oldest of these 15 readings. Seat readings are snapshots, not live availability. Their timestamps show when dibs last checked.

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Seats over time in Fall 2026

How each lecture has filled since dibs first saw it. This course runs 15 lectures; the legend under the chart picks one.

A dot is a reading where something moved: the seat count, the status, or the waitlist.

What a flat run means, and where a line starts

Flat between dots means it did not drift, it held and then jumped, and a line starts when dibs first saw that lecture rather than reaching back before it existed. A lecture that has never moved draws a flat line across the whole window, and one with two or three readings draws a line joining them, which is too few to read a trend from.

Tut 1 · Do, T.H. · 2 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, filled by 2.

2 of 3 · 1 left
18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.2 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 1 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 0 to 2. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 2 · Fitzgerald, M.P. · 0 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, unchanged.

0 of 3 · 3 left

Both readings say 0 of 3.

18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.0 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 3 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 3 · Ghez, A.M. · 0 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, unchanged.

0 of 3 · 3 left

Both readings say 0 of 3.

18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.0 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 3 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 4 · Petigura, E.A. · 0 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, unchanged.

0 of 3 · 3 left

Both readings say 0 of 3.

18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.0 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 3 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 5 · Schlichting, H.E. · 0 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, unchanged.

0 of 3 · 3 left

Both readings say 0 of 3.

18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.0 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 3 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 6 · Treu, T.L. · 0 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, unchanged.

0 of 3 · 3 left

Both readings say 0 of 3.

18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.0 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 3 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 7 · Naoz, S. · 0 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, unchanged.

0 of 3 · 3 left

Both readings say 0 of 3.

18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.0 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 3 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 8 · Turner, J.L. · 0 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, unchanged.

0 of 3 · 3 left

Both readings say 0 of 3.

18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.0 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 3 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 9 · Furlanetto, S.R. · 0 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, unchanged.

0 of 3 · 3 left

Both readings say 0 of 3.

18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.0 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 3 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 10 · Shapley, A.E. · 0 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, unchanged.

0 of 3 · 3 left

Both readings say 0 of 3.

18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.0 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 3 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 11 · Gatkine, P. · 0 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, freed 2 seats.

0 of 3 · 3 left
18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.0 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 3 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 2 to 0. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 12 · Malkan, M.A. · 0 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, unchanged.

0 of 3 · 3 left

Both readings say 0 of 3.

18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.0 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 3 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 13 · Margot, J. · 0 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 1 month before that, unchanged.

0 of 3 · 3 left

Both readings say 0 of 3.

18 Aug 21:409 Sep 20:561 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record covers, 30%, and did not look in 389. dibs had no hourly record before 8 Sep, which is the other 499 of 1056 plotted.0 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 3 left. Seats from 18 Aug 21:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 557 hours its hourly record here covers, 30%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 389 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 8 September at 16:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 499 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 14 · Larkin, J.E. · 1 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over the 23 days before that, unchanged.

1 of 3 · 2 left

Both readings say 1 of 3.

8 Sep 22:4020 Sep 09:261 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 164 of the 551 hours plotted, 30%, and did not look in 387.1 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 2 left. Seats from 8 Sep 22:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 1 to 1. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 387 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 15 · Morris, M.R. · 1 of 3 enrolled

Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over the 23 days before that, unchanged.

1 of 3 · 2 left

Both readings say 1 of 3.

8 Sep 22:4020 Sep 09:261 Oct 20:12 · 3 hours ago
dibs read 164 of the 551 hours plotted, 30%, and did not look in 387.1 of 3 enrolled at the newest reading, 3 hours ago, with 2 left. Seats from 8 Sep 22:40 to 1 Oct 20:12, 1 to 1. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 387 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.
How readings and alerts work

A reading and an hourly record are different things, and most charts here hold more of the second missing than present. dibs has taken readings of a section since long before it began keeping an hour-by-hour log of when it looked, so the empty stretches are dibs saying it was not keeping that log yet, not that it looked and found nothing. That is the age of the record and not a fault.

Seat counts show the last successful read, not live availability. Refreshes can be delayed by request limits or upstream interruptions. Watched sections receive priority, but an hourly update for every section is not guaranteed.

The registrar can change a seat count between our checks. Alerts depend on dibs detecting an opening and completing delivery; a quiet watch does not prove that no seat opened. Check the registrar before enrolling.