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                                 SUMMER ASTRONOMY LAB INFORMATION

 

LAB COMPLETED FOR 2008


LAB INSTRUCTOR: DR. MADDOX

OFFICE: PARKER 239 AND ALLISON LAB 300A

LAB MEETS IN PARKER 126. IN SUMMER HOURS ARE 7:30 TO 9:30.

EACH LAB: CHECK MOVIE SCREEN FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.

EACH LAB: SIGN ROLL AND PICK UP HANDOUTS ON BACK TABLE.

LABS ARE OF THREE TYPES: SKY & SCOPE, SOLAR SYSTEM, & STELLAR.

WHICH LABS WE DO WILL DEPEND ON THE WEATHER, WHAT IS IN THE SKY DURING LAB, AND LIGHTING CONDITIONS.


 

 

SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER 2008 

FIRST LAB MAY 27 

MAY 27  Constellations(Learning To Use Voyager III)

MAY 29  Use of C8 Telescope  

JUNE 3   Virtual Sky I + PQ1

JUNE 5   Saturn 

JUNE 10  Moon  

JUNE 12  Sun + PQ2 

JUNE 17 Moons of Jupiter   

JUNE 19 Types of Telescope

JUNE 24 Spectra

JUNE 26 HR Diagram  

JULY 1   Object X 

JULY 3   NO LAB (HOLIDAY)

JULY 8   Observing 

JULY 10  STAR QUIZ  (LAST LAB IF NO ABSENCES)

JULY 15  MAKEUP LAB FOR 1ST ABSENCE   PICK UP MATERIAL FOR MAKING UP OTHER ABSENCES

ALL OTHER MAKEUP LAB WORK MUST BE DONE OUTSIDE OF LAB PERIOD AND MUST BE TURNED BY 4 PM ON JULY 18. PUT IN MY MAILBOX IN ALLISON LAB 206.

 

 

 

 

LAB MOTTO #1: MAKE YOUR OWN MISTAKES. DON'T COPY YOUR NEIGHTBORS.

LAB MOTTO #2: READ, HEED & THEN PROCEED. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. DON'T LOOK AT THE WORKSHEET AND TRY TO GUESS WHAT TO DO.

ASTRONOMY MOTTO: YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE DARK TO SEE THE LIGHT.

EXPERIMENTER MOTTO: NEVER TRUST. ALWAYS VERIFY PREFERABLY BY TWO INDEPENDENT MEANS.

 

TURN OFF THOSE LIGHTS. TURN ON TO ASTRONOMY

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http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/java/binary/binary.htm

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lessons/star_size/star_velocity.html

 

http://chemistry.beloit.edu/bluelight/moviepages/em_el.htm

http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/~koppen/discharge/

http://chemistry.bd.psu.edu/jircitano/periodic4.html

http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~barnes/ASTR110L_F03/spectralab.html