Lab Period and Investigations   Spring 2010
   - 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	Astronomy lab cancelled due to low enrolment

----- 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 -----

	1 Variable Stars - part 1 - calibration with standard stars - uncertainties (mean deviation)
	2 Variable Stars - part 2 - light curve of variable star No. 42 - Note: there are PreLab questions for this period - SkyGazer software introduction
	3 Celestial Sphere - part 1 - building & using a Celestial Sphere
	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
	5 Parallax - determining distance and size of a distant object - comparison of value (percent difference)
	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 *
	7 Mass of Earth - measuring the Earth's mass
	8 Mass of Jupiter - determining Jupiter's mass using Kepler's 3rd law
	9 Telescopes - lenses and telescopes
	10 Spectroscopy - observing Continuous, Line and Absorption spectra
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	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