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These activities for an Elementary Astronomy Lab are used in classes on campus at the University of Louisville and are being updated to match those made available to our mentored versions for labs that are offered [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/moodle online] as part of our Distance Education program. | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/ | If you are enrolled in Physics and Astronomy 108-50, the Distance Education online class, please see your class website [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/classes here]. If you are in a section usually taught on campus, check your Blackboard class page for instructions and recent content. | ||
The lab versions below are for archival use and have not been updated for the current term. | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/ | [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Identify_Constellations Identify Constellations ] | ||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/ | [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Immersive_Video_Wall About the Video Room] | ||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/ | [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Watch_the_Sky Watch the Sky (Planetarium session not currently offered)] | ||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/ | [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Under_Namibian_Skies Under Namibian Skies (immersive visualization)] | ||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/ | [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Night_Sky Night Sky Tonight Using Stellarium (immersive visualization)] | ||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/ | [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Remote_Telescope_Requests Use a Remote Telescope: Requests] and | ||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/ | [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Remote_Telescope_Results Analyze Request Results] | ||
Travel to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus (immersive visualization) | |||
Survey galaxies in the universe (immersive visualization) | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/ | [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Survey_Galaxies_in_Virgo Survey Galaxies in Virgo] | ||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/ | [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/The_Earth_Rotates The Earth Rotates] | ||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Our_Dynamic_Sun Our Dynamic Sun (may use the roof top solar telescope)] | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/ | [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Light_and_Telescopes Light and Telescopes] | ||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Experiment_with_CCD_Camera_Images Experiment with CCD Camera Images] | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Use_a_CCD_Camera Use a CCD Camera] | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Spectra Spectra] | |||
Observing planets and the Moon with a telescope (live remote or with the telescope on the roof) | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Explore_Mars Explore Mars] (may use immersive visualiztion) | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Observe_Satellites_of_Jupiter_and_Saturn Observe Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus] | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Follow_Proxima_Centauri Follow Proxima Centauri] | |||
Brightnesses and colors of stars in Messier 34 | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Variable_Stars_in_Messier_3 Variable Stars in Messier 3] | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Measure_a_Nearby_Supernova Measure a Nearby Supernova] | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Track_Cosmic_Rays_in_a_Cloud_Chamber Track Cosmic Rays in a Cloud Chamber] | |||
== New Labs == | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/FLIR_Camera The iPad and infrared camera] | |||
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Black_Body_and_Filters Stars as Black Bodies and Astronomical Filters] |
Latest revision as of 05:40, 26 July 2022
These activities for an Elementary Astronomy Lab are used in classes on campus at the University of Louisville and are being updated to match those made available to our mentored versions for labs that are offered online as part of our Distance Education program.
If you are enrolled in Physics and Astronomy 108-50, the Distance Education online class, please see your class website here. If you are in a section usually taught on campus, check your Blackboard class page for instructions and recent content.
The lab versions below are for archival use and have not been updated for the current term.
Watch the Sky (Planetarium session not currently offered)
Under Namibian Skies (immersive visualization)
Night Sky Tonight Using Stellarium (immersive visualization)
Use a Remote Telescope: Requests and
Travel to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus (immersive visualization)
Survey galaxies in the universe (immersive visualization)
Our Dynamic Sun (may use the roof top solar telescope)
Experiment with CCD Camera Images
Observing planets and the Moon with a telescope (live remote or with the telescope on the roof)
Explore Mars (may use immersive visualiztion)
Observe Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus
Brightnesses and colors of stars in Messier 34
Track Cosmic Rays in a Cloud Chamber