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Most of these activities have versions for labs that are  [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/moodle on-line] and in the classroom.  Click the link for more information where available.
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/mediawiki/index.php/Watch_the_Sky Watch the Sky]
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.  


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Learn_Constellations Learn Constellations]
The lab versions below are for archival use and have not been updated for the current term.


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Earth%27s_Rotation The Earth Rotates]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Identify_Constellations Identify Constellations ]


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Our_Dynamic_Sun Our Dynamic Sun]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Immersive_Video_Wall About the Video Room]


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Light_and_Telescopes  Light and Telescopes]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Watch_the_Sky Watch the Sky (Planetarium session not currently offered)]


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Processing_Images_from_a_CCD_Camera Processing Images from a CCD Camera]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Under_Namibian_Skies Under Namibian Skies (immersive visualization)]


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Remote_Controlled_CCD_Camera#Using_the_Camera Remote Controlled CCD Camera]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Night_Sky Night Sky Tonight Using Stellarium (immersive visualization)]  


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Use_a_Remote_Telescope Use a Remote Telescope]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Remote_Telescope_Requests Use a Remote Telescope: Requests] and


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Remote_Telescope_Results Remote Telescope Results]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Remote_Telescope_Results Analyze Request Results]


Measure the Moon
Travel to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus (immersive visualization)


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Explore_Mars Explore Mars]
Survey galaxies in the universe (immersive visualization)


Track a Dwarf Planet
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Survey_Galaxies_in_Virgo Survey Galaxies in Virgo]


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Observe_Jupiter Observe Jupiter]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/The_Earth_Rotates The Earth Rotates]


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Proxima_Centauri Proxima Centauri]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Our_Dynamic_Sun Our Dynamic Sun (may use the roof top solar telescope)]


Star Birth Nebulae
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Light_and_Telescopes  Light and Telescopes]


Supernovae in Nearby Galaxies
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Experiment_with_CCD_Camera_Images Experiment with CCD Camera Images]


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Explore_the_Virgo_Cluster  Explore the Virgo Cluster]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Use_a_CCD_Camera Use a CCD Camera]


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Cosmic_Rays Cosmic Rays]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Spectra Spectra]


Hands on a Telescope
Observing planets and the Moon with a telescope (live remote or with the telescope on the roof)


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Spectra Spectra]
[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.

Identify Constellations

About the Video Room

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

Analyze Request Results

Travel to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus (immersive visualization)

Survey galaxies in the universe (immersive visualization)

Survey Galaxies in Virgo

The Earth Rotates

Our Dynamic Sun (may use the roof top solar telescope)

Light and Telescopes

Experiment with CCD Camera Images

Use a CCD Camera

Spectra

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

Follow Proxima Centauri

Brightnesses and colors of stars in Messier 34

Variable Stars in Messier 3

Measure a Nearby Supernova

Track Cosmic Rays in a Cloud Chamber

New Labs

The iPad and infrared camera

Stars as Black Bodies and Astronomical Filters