There are four 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.

Report forms will be provided by instructor. Instructions are currently being provided but at some point this will stop and you will have to go to this web site to read instructions if separate from report form.

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

Star Quiz Lists: Summer Star Quiz List Star Quiz Fall List Star Quiz Spring List

1. Learning to Use Voyager Program

   • Background: Stars & Constellations

   • Instructions: Voyager 4.5

   • Report Form: Voyager 4.5

2. Telescopes

   • Background #1: Telescope

   • Background #2: Scope Things to Know for Star Quiz

   • Report Form: Telescope (Original), Telescope (alternate) Alt Ver Answer Sheet

   There is sometimes a conflict with a class in the lab room before astronomy that prevents scopes from being set up before lab. Use Alternate version in that case.

   Extra: Telescopes need to be taken to lab room. Also telescope manual pages with tech info,meter sticks, photo of C8 with labels, light source & lens.

3. Using the C8 Telescope (aka C8 Outside)

   • Instructions: Using the C8 (Out of Date, Refers to older model scope)

   • Report Form: C8 Outside

   Extra: star chart with items to observe marked

4. Virtual Sky (using Voyager program)

   • Virtual Sky For Voyager 4.5
     Report Form: Virtual Sky III
     Report Form: Virtual Sky IV

5. Other Eyes/Other Views

   • Instructions: Other Eyes/Other Views

   • Report Form: Other Eyes/Other Views

6. Count Stars

   • Background: Count Stars

   • Report Form: Count Stars (New Spring Version) Count Stars (New Fall Version)

   Extra: star charts w/stars marked, tubes, rulers, blue angle measuring device

7. Observing by Type (Use instead of C8)

   • Report Form (Spring): Observing

   • Report Form (Fall): Observing

   • Report Form (Summer): Observing

   Extra: star charts w/ stars marked

8. Closeup on Orion (Spring Only)

   • Report Form: Orion

   Extra: star chart of Orion

9. Astronomical Errors

   • Background: Newspaper Article

   • Report Form: Astronomical Errors

   • Instructions: Astronomical Errors

10. DELETED

Solar System

11. Sunspot Lab (CLEA) Not currently available dur to computer problems.

    • Background: CLEA manual

    • Instructions: Sun

    • Report Form: Sun

    Extra: photo with spots labeled 1-5, instructor assign two sunspots to each student

12. Moon

    • Report Form: Moon

    Extra: negatives for cloudy Part D,rulers, stopwatch

13. Revolution of Moons of Jupiter (CLEA) Not currently available due to computer problems.

    • Background: CLEA Manual

    • Instructions: Moons of Jupiter

    • Report Form: Moons of Jupiter

14. Planet

    • Background: Drift Times & Diameter

    • Report Form: Jupiter or other planet. Use for outside drift time measurements.

    • Saturn Video: PLAY VIDEO

    • Report Form: New Combined Planet Lab (Formerly Fall Planet Special) Use for indoor drift time measurement using Saturn video.

    Extra: stopwatch, eyepieces with crosshairs

Stars and Galaxies

15. Spectra (CLEA)

    • Background: CLEA Manual

    • Separate Version Report Form: Spectra Program not available currently)

    • VIREO Version Report Form: Spectra

    Extra: See list of web sites below for instructor's use with this lab.

16. Binary Stars

    • Report Form: Binary

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

17. HR diagram

    • Background: HR Diagram

    • Report Form: HR Diagram (New Non-CLEA Version)

    • Report Form: HR Diagram(CLEA Version)

    Extra: example calculation, graph paper

18. Object X Part I Measuring the Cosmos

    • Background: CLEA Manual

    • Separate Version Instructions: Object X Part I

    • VIREO Version Instructions: Object X Part I

    • Report Form: Object X Part I

19. Object X Part II Identify Object X

    • Background: CLEA Manual

    • Separate Version Instructions: Object X Part II

    • VIREO Version Instructions: Object X Part II

    • Report Form: Object X Part II

20. X-Ray (CLEA XMM) Not currently available due to computer problems.

    • Background: CLEA Manual

    • Instructions: X-Ray

    • Report Form: X-Ray

21. Cepheid Variable

    • Instructions: Cepheid

    • Report Form: Cepheid

    Extra: graph paper

22. Hubble Redshift (CLEA)

    • Background: CLEA Manual

    • Separate Version Instructions: Hubble Redshift Report Form: Hubble Redshift

    • VIREO Version Instructions: Hubble Redshift Report Form: Hubble Redshift

23. Photoelectric Photometry of Pleiades (CLEA)

    • Instructions: Photoelectric Photometry

    • Report Form: Photoelectric Photometry

Web sites for use with Stellar Spectra (CLEA) Lab

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

http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/%7ekoppen/discharge/

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