AS 102: Astronomy

Lab 3: The Moon and the Seasons

1. Moon Phases
2. Lunar Phases
3. Lunar Phases Web Tool
4. Seasons
5. Applet: Seasons
6. The Sun's Path
7. The Motion of the Earth Around the Sun
8. There is also a new set of WebWork problems.
9. Earth-Moon-Sun Geometry Page (not required for the lab)

Lab 4: Motion of the Planets

1. Ptolemy's Model
2. Epicycles and Deferents
3. Jupiter
4. Demonstrating a Geocentric Model
5. Demonstrating a Heliocentric Model
6. Retrograde-O-Matic 2000
7. Retrograde Motion of Mars and Venus
8. Planetary Motion
9. Ptolemy's Epicycles heliocentric, geocentric, and sky
10. Stellar Parallax
11. There is also a new set of WebWork problems.
12. Alternative Solar Systems shows the models of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Brahe. (not required for this lab)

Lab 5: Kepler's Laws

• The Solar System Collaboratory
• There is also a new set of WebWork problems.

Lab 6: Light and Wein's Law

• The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Blackbody Radiation and Stellar Luminosity
• Plank Law Radiation Distributions
• Blackbody: The Game!
• Stars and Blackbody

Lab 7: Telescopes

• The Refraction of Light
• Lens Combination
• The Refracting Astronomical Telescope

Lab 8: Patterns in the Solar System

• The Nine Planets
• There is also a new set of WebWork problems.

Lab 9: Planet Temperatures

• The Solar System Collaboratory
• There is also a new set of WebWork problems.

Lab 10: Photoelectric Photometry of the Pleiades

• Install the Photometry Lab. When it asks what to do with the file, click Open, then go through the process of installing it on your computer. Then from the Programs menu select, CLEA Exercises, and Pleiades Photometry.
• There is also a new set of WebWork problems.

Lab 11: The Classification of Stellar Spectra

• Install the Stellar Spectra Lab. When it asks what to do with the file, click Open, then go through the process of installing it on your computer. Then from the Programs menu select, CLEA Exercises, and Stellar Spectra.
• There is also a new set of WebWork problems.

Lab 12: Studying the Stars

• Lab is on a handout.
• There is also a new set of WebWork problems.

Lab 13: Hubble's Law

• Lab is on a handout.
• No WebWork!

Lab: Exploring the HR Diagram

• HR Diagram Explorer

Lab: The Revolution of the Moons of Jupiter

• Install the Jupiter Lab. When it asks what to do with the file, click Open, then go through the process of installing it on your computer. Then from the Programs menu select, CLEA Exercises, and Jupiter Moons.

Lab XX: Radio Astronomy of Pulsars

• Install the Pulsar Lab. When it asks what to do with the file, click Open, then go through the process of installing it on your computer. Then from the Programs menu select, CLEA Exercises, and Pulsar Lab.

Lab XX: The Hubble Redshift Distance Relation

• Install the Hubble Lab. When it asks what to do with the file, click Open, then go through the process of installing it on your computer. Then from the Programs menu select, CLEA Exercises, and Hubble Redshift.