ASTRONOMY LAB MATERIAL

There are 4 types of material that may be needed for a given experiment: background material, instructions, report form, and extra. Extra is material that is not yet available from this web site. This will have to be provided by instructor. Some experiments will have all four items. Some will only have combined instructions and report form.

The background material does not need to be printed. The CLEA manuals are already stored on the computers in Parker 126.

Instructions are now available from this web site.You should print out instructions for those labs that involve computer programs, mainly CLEA, to avoid jumping back and forth between instructions window and program window. Also print out instructions for labs that involve going outside such as Use of C8 Telescope.

For this semester report forms will be provided by instructor. In some cases a last minute decision about whether to observe outside or stay inside will be made. 

Currently lab materials are only available in MS Word(.doc) format. They can be printed from the computer labs on the second floor of Parker Hall. They cannot be printed in the room used for astronomy lab. 

 

 

Experiments

Sky and Scope

1. Learning to Use Voyager III

    Background: Stars&Constellations

    Instructions: Voyager III    Compatability

    Report Form: Voyager III  Star Quiz List

    Extra: Instructor provide Star Quiz list on yellow paper.  

2. Telescopes

    Background: Telescope 

    Report Form:  Telescope  Scope Things to Know for Star Quiz

   Extra: Telescopes need to be taken to lab room. Also telescope manuals,meter sticks & photo of C8 with labels.  

3. Using the C8 Telescope

    Instructions: Using the C8  

    Report Form:  Using the C8

   Extra: star chart with items to observe marked

4. Virtual Sky I

    Report Form: Virtual Sky I 

5. Virtual Sky II 

    Report Form: Virtual Sky II 

 6. Other Eyes/Other Views 

     Report Form:  Other Eyes/Other Views

 7. Count Stars

     Background: Count Stars

     Report Form:  Count Stars

     Extra: star charts w/stars marked, tubes, rulers 

8. Observing by Type     

    Report Form (Spring): Observing

    Report Form (Fall): Observing                      

    Extra: star charts  w/ stars marked  

9. Closeup on Orion (Spring Only)  

    Report Form: Orion

    Extra:star chart of Orion             

 

Solar System 

10. Solar Rotation (CLEA)

     Background: CLEA manual

     Instructions: Sun  (incomplete)

     Report Form:  Sun (incomplete)

    Extra: photo with spots labeled 1-5 , other pages of report form & instructions, instructor assign sunspots

11. Moon

     Report Form: Moon  (incomplete)

    Extra: negative for cloudy Part E,rulers, stopwatch 

12. Mass of Jupiter (CLEA)

     Background: CLEA Manual

     Instructions: Mass of Jupiter

     Report Form:  Mass of Jupiter (incomplete),Post Test 

      Extra: Data tables

13. Planet

      Report Form: Jupiter

      Report Form: Saturn(Video)

      Extra: stopwatch, eyepieces with crosshairs  

 

Stars and Galaxies

 14. Spectra (CLEA)

      Background: CLEA Manual 

      Report Form: Spectra 

15. Binary Stars 

      Instructions: Binary 

      Report Form:  Binary

      Extra: If clear go outside and observe two systems selected by instructor. Instructor provides star charts with items to observe marked.

16. HR diagram

     Background: HR Diagram 

     Report Form: HR Diagram

     Extra: example calculation, graph paper  

17. Identify ObjecX  (CLEA)

      Background: CLEA Manual 

      Instructions: ObjectX II

      Report Form: ObjectX II 

18. X-Ray (CLEA XMM)

      Background: CLEA Manual 

      Instructions: X-Ray

      Report Form: X-Ray 

19. Cepheid Variable

      Instructions: Cepheid 

      Report Form:  Cepheid

     Extra:  graph paper 

20. Hubble Redshift (CLEA)

      Background:  CLEA Manual

      Instructions: Hubble Redshift

      Report Form:  Hubble Redshift

     Extra: example calculation