
Optics Building
Room 201 B
Huntsville AL 35899
Tel: 256-824-2483

The lab is intended to provide physics majors and graduate students with additional computational resources for their coursework and research.
Optics Building room 249
M-F 8am-5pm (if the room is accidentally locked during this time, come to the Department Office)
The lab is restricted to physics majors, physics graduate students, and students currently enrolled in PH 306 or AST 106.
The Sucess Center next door in OB 253 has PCs for general student use.
Astronomy lab students should login with the username "ast" and the password given by the lab instructor. This account is local to the particular machine being used; it is also not secure and no files should be stored there.
Regular user accounts are network accounts. The home folder exists on the server and you can log into it from any of the iMacs. They are backed up regularly, but you are ultimately responsible for backing up your data (such as with a USB drive). You can also ssh into your account with the command "ssh username@phserver.uah.edu."
If you are a physics major, PH 306 student, or graduate student, come by OB 201 C and see Charlie Bruce during normal business hours. She will give you a short form to fill out and you'll be emailed when your account is ready. AST 106 students can just log into the "ast" account with the password their GTA gives them.
All printing at present is to the B&W laserjet in OB 249. Printing is through a server queue, which appears as "OB249BWLaserJet @ phserver" in the print dialog box. Do not try to print directly to the LaserJet in OB 249; it will only accept jobs from the server. Print sparingly and only class related material.
If you use a computer in OB 249, you agree to the following Physics Department Computer Lab Use Policy: