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These activities are available in both [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/moodle on-line] and in-class labs.  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)]


Use a remote telescope with a CCD camera
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Night_Sky Night Sky Tonight Using Stellarium (immersive visualization)]


Measure the Moon
[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/Explore_Mars Explore Mars]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Remote_Telescope_Results Analyze Request Results]


Track a dwarf planet
Travel to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus (immersive visualization)


Observe Jupiter
Survey galaxies in the universe (immersive visualization)


[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Proxima_Centauri Proxima Centauri]
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Survey_Galaxies_in_Virgo Survey Galaxies in Virgo]


Star birth nebulae
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/The_Earth_Rotates The Earth Rotates]


Supernovae in nearby galaxies
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Our_Dynamic_Sun Our Dynamic Sun (may use the roof top solar telescope)]


Cosmic rays
[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Light_and_Telescopes  Light and Telescopes]


Hands on a telescope
[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.

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