Astronomy 103/104 Laboratory

Resources for laboratory use


The objects observed in the laboratory.

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Draw a planet preparation lab:
Jupiter with the Great Red Spot, magnification 150 x, 600 x

Jupiter with moon shadows, magnification 150 x,
600 x
Saturn with Titan, magnification 150 x, 600 x

Mars, magnification 150 x, 600 x


The Visit Kennon lab:
* The MS_Road_Telescope video clip in m4v format.


The Spherical Astrnomy lab:
* Animation: The celestial horizon in html or in swf format.
* Animation: Celestial coordinates in html or in swf format.

The Distance to the Moon (echo) lab:
* The Apollo 13 Trouble Sequence audio clip in
MP3 format.


The Orientation with SkyGazer lab:

* The startup file EquatorialGrid.vgr
* The startup file Orientation.vgr
(These require the SkyGazer software installed.)

The Rotation of the Sun lab:

* the Sunspots.pdf file. (120 MBytes, slow download!)

The Gravity lab:

* the Hammer and Feather dropping movie.

The Hubble's Law lab:

* Pictures and spectra of galaxies used for measurements:

COSMOS3127341; Arp148; NGC4911; NGC3434; NGC5584; 3C273.

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The labs for Honors projects:

* The CCD booklet for the semester projects.

* The Image Reduction/Processing Lab writeups, the first one, the advanced one.

* The Paramount Lab writeup, and the needed TheSky 6 settings file.

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The laboratory instructors' manual.





Last updated: Aug. 1, 2020 by T. Torma.