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{{ Fundamentals of Astronomy || Observing the Sky || Solar System || Stars || Stellar Evolution and HR Diagram}}
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Lab Level Software Author Document / PDF Comments, Feedback, etc.
Fundamentals of Astronomy
Data Collecting Intro Browser Wadsley .doc Comments
Measuring Angular Sizes and Distances Intro None Sullivan (skywatch) .doc Comments
Measuring Earth's Circumference Intro None Sullivan (skywatch) .doc Comments
Kepler's Laws Intro Browser Larson   Comments
An Introduction to Kepler's Laws Intro Browser Balick .doc Comments
Spectra Intro No computers Palen .doc Comments
Spectral Analysis Intro None Larson .doc Comments
Telescopes Intro None Larson .doc Comments
Observing the Sky
Planetarium Lab Intro Browser West .doc
(Modified)		 Comments
Celestial Navigation 1 Intro None Sullivan   Comments
Celestial Navigation 2 (backup plan) Intro None Sullivan   Comments
Constellations and Movement of Stars Intro None Sullivan   Comments
Length of Sidereal Day Intro None Sullivan   Comments
Motion of the Moon Intro None Sullivan   Comments
Motion of the Sun Intro None Sullivan   Comments
Photographing the Sky Intro None Sullivan   Comments
Phases of the Moon Intro None Palen .doc Comments
Sally's Sunshine Schedule Intro External Website Balick/Palen   Comments
Solar System labs are included in a separate listing.
The Sun
Properties of the Sun Intro Firefox Palen .doc Comments
Properties of the Sun 2.0 Intro None Palen .doc Comments
Identifying Lines in the Solar Spectrum Intro Browser Larson/Fraser   Comments
Stars
Distance Measures Intro No computers Palen   Comments
Measured Parallaxes of Stars tutorial (PDF)
Distances to Stars Using Measured Parallaxes (PDF) 		Intro None Schmoll .doc Comments
Spectral Classification of Stars Intro Firefox Palen   Comments
Spectral Classification of Stars Inter   Plotkin .doc
Stellar Evolution and H-R Diagram
Properties of Planetary Nebulae Intro Firefox Palen   Comments
Properties of Planetary Nebulae 2.0 Intro None Palen   Comments
Properties of Supernovae Intro Firefox Palen .doc Comments
Intro None Agueros/McCrady   Comments
Ages of Clusters from CMDs tutorial (PDF)
Determining Ages of Star Clusters from CMDs (PDF) 		Intro   Stephanik   Comments
Milky Way Galaxy
Galaxies
Hubble Galaxy Classification Intro Firefox Palen   Comments
Hubble Galaxy Classification for a large lecture hall Intro None Palen   Comments
Dark Matter Intro Firefox Stinson   Comments
Cosmology
Hubble’s Law (short version) Inter Firefox 3+ works best Larson et al.   Comments
Hubble Law Lab (full version) Inter Firefox 3+ Larson, Mendoza et al.   Comments
The Expanding Universe Intro No computers Palen   Comments
Curvature of Space Intro Netscape Hogan   Comments
Particle Soup: Nucleosynthesis Intro None Wadsley   Comments

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