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Astronomy 264
Laboratory Information

When the weather outside is uncooperative, we stay inside and perform indoor labs. This page will give you some information about those labs. Only summary information about these labs is listed, so this is not a substitute for reading the information that is contained in your lab manuals.

Note: These pages are currently being updated, so some of the information may be from a previous version of the lab manual. For questions, please email Jen Northrup. Newly revised summaries will be shown by a .

Common Indoor Labs:

• Celestial Planisphere
• Stars, Light, and Spectra
• Build a Telescope
• Distance to the Stars

Fall Indoor Labs:

• Scale Model of the Solar System
• The Doppler Effect and the Search for Extra Solar Planets
• Voyager Labs

Spring Indoor Labs:

• Constellation Structure and Stellar Motion
• Stellar Properties and the H-R Diagram
• Supernova 1987A
• Hubble's Law and the Age of the Universe
• Voyager Lab--Spring Intro
• Voyager Lab--Spring I, The Moving Stars

Common Outdoor Labs:

• Cross-Staff I

Last updated on November 5, 2000.