Physics 1311

Elements of Astronomy

Useful Links for Labs

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Web sites useful for labs:

• Good site for astro pictures
• Lab 1 - Measurements
• title
• Measurement errors
• Lab 2 - Light and the Spectrum
• NASA spectrum page
• Lab 3 - Lenses
• Nifty lens simulator
• Lab 4 - Lunar Surface
• On-line Lunar Orbiter atlas
• NASA Lunar Orbiter summary
• 3-d (red/blue) lunar surface images
• Lab 5 - Earth's Orbital Velocity
• Lab 6 - Orbit of Mars
• Mars orbit diagrams
• Lab 7 - Solar Constant
• Lab 8 - Parallax
• Has images and animation
• Lab 9 - HR Diagram
• HR Diagram notes
• Really slick HR diagram evolution simulation
• More HR
• More from this site
• Lab 10 - Crab Nebula
• Animation of the images used in the lab
• Crab animation, but with more modern photos
• Lab 11 - Milky Way
• Lab 12 - Classifying Galaxies