Lab Period and Investigations   Fall 2007
   - Each lab period involves the investigation of an overall topic that includes a number of different activities and experiments
   - Lab Guidelines (grading, notebook requirements, attendance, Physics contacts)

current	* Lab cancelled due to low enrollment *

----- The labs below here are under development. Note: these labs can and will change ----- ----- Current labs are moved to above this area, usually by the Wednesday before the lab period -----

2007 Sept 14	1 Variable Stars - part 1 - calibration with standard stars - uncertainties (mean deviation)
Sept 21	2 Variable Stars - part 2 - light curve of variable star No. 42 - Note: there are PreLab questions for this period - SkyGazer software introduction
Sept 28	3 Celestial Sphere - part 1 - building & using a Celestial Sphere
Oct 5	4 Celestial Sphere and Planisphere - part 2 - using a Celestial Sphere continued - building and using a Planisphere - note: there is a PreLab for this period
Oct 12	5 Parallax - determining distance and size of a distant object - comparison of value (percent difference)
Oct 19	6a 1^st Quiz *be sure to bring your notebook!!!* - quiz is open notebook, notebook to be left in the lab after the quiz - quiz is expected to take an hour 6b SkyGazer software: Pole Stars & Transit of Venus - 2nd hour of the period will be SkyGazer software1hr Exercises - * Note: there are PreLab questions for this period *
Oct 26	7 Mass of Earth - measuring the Earth's mass
Nov 2	8 Mass of Jupiter - determining Jupiter's mass using Kepler's 3rd law
Nov 9	9 Telescopes - lenses and telescopes
Nov 16	10 Spectroscopy - observing Continuous, Line and Absorption spectra
Nov 23	11 -
Nov 30	12a 2^nd Quiz *be sure to bring your notebook!!!* - quiz is open notebook, notebook to be left in the lab after the quiz - quiz is expected to take an hour 12b H-R Diagram - 2nd hour of the period will be on plotting a Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) Diagram - there is no prelab for this period
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--- Pool of experiments ---
SkyGazer software
	11 Inverse Square Law - observing intensity of a light bulb with distance

Astronomy 107 Lab