Undergraduate Academics
Online Labs
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- Astronomy Projects (Observing projects and cloudy night alternatives)
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Lab Title
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| The Age of the Universe | |
| Cepheid Variables You will need the introduction and the appropriate worksheet and graphs. |
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| The Celestial Sphere Note: There are two versions of this lab, a long one for lab sections and a shorter one for discussion sections. Be sure to download the correct version. Ask your instructor for clarification if needed. |
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| Comets -- Make Your Own | |
| The Conceptual Celestial Sphere A second version of the celestial sphere lab. Not as analytical. Ask your instructor which to use. |
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| Coordinate Systems You will need the intro and Questions. You should check with your GSI for which of the three other parts you need |
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| The Crab Nebula |
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| Craters Note: There are two versions of this lab, a long one for lab sections and a shorter one for discussion sections. The lab version has two separate links. The discussion version only one link. Be sure to download the correct version and get all of the appropriate pieces. Ask your instructor for clarification if needed. |
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| Discovery of Extrasolar Planets | |
| Drake Equation From the Life in the Universe Activities Manual |
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| Extra-solar Planets | |
| Finding Exoplanets (a simulation) | |
| Finding the Milky Way with the Brightest Stars You will need the star chart for both versions. You may also need the list of constellations if you don't have a list that includes the abbreviations in your book |
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| Galactic Star Clusters Note: There are two versions of this lab: Data on paper and data on computer. Be sure to download the correct version of the introduction, as per your instructor. The worksheets and graphs are the same for both versions of the lab. |
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| Galaxy Classification Note the checklist and Table 2 should be printed "Landscape" This is usually under "page setup" under the File menu |
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| Geologic Age
You will need the intro. Check with your GSI for the other parts. The 6 images for the relative dating part are easier to view online and are linked within the activity |
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| Geologic Features of Mars |
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| H-R diagram Note: single sided printing is recommended for the worksheet |
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| Lunar Features | |
| Martian Surface Features Note: There are two versions of this lab, a long one for lab sections and a shorter one for discussion sections. Be sure to download the correct version. Ask your instructor for clarification if needed. |
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| Moons of Jupiter |
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| Natural Selection | |
| Nebulae in Cygnus | |
| Optics (Telescopes) | |
| Parallax | |
| Phases of the Moon | |
| Phases of the Moon in the Planetarium | |
| Reading Star Charts | |
| Retrograde Motion of Venus | |
| Rotation of Spiral Galaxies (Tully-Fisher Relation) | |
| Seasons
You will need one of the introductions, and one of the worksheets. |
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| Size of the Solar System
If you are doing an outside version, you also need to get the Map |
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| Solar Observing | |
| Spectral Classification and The Pleiades Note there are 3 versions: one using Luminosity and flux, one using magnitudes and one for discussion sections. Ask your instructor for clarification if needed. |
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| Spectroscopy Note: There are two versions of this lab, a long one for lab sections and a shorter one for discussion sections. Be sure to download the correct version. Ask your instructor for clarification if needed. |
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| Starry Night | |
| Stellar Evolution | |
| Stellar Structure | |
| Structure of the Milky Way Disk | |
| The Explorer Series (WWW) | |
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| Observing Series | |
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