SFA Sky Labs

Excel Familiarization: Phasors, EGR 111 Exercises (Inclass and project one)
Star Chart Maker and Yale Data, Constellation Boundaries and Constellation Lines, birthdays
Plot the Number of Stars verus magnitude
Equations for Spectra Types verus Temperature and Size and Color Index
Closest Stars and the Radio Bubble
Spectral Type Population Study
3d Model of Orion or Nearby Stars
H-R Diagram Analysis of Webda Data and Yale Data, Equation of Main Sequence and LifeTime
Stellar Lifetime from Mass and Lumiosity
Plotting Messier and NC objects and looking for patterns of clusters, nebulae and galaxies (zone of avoidance)
Plot the relative motion of stars within a cluster by comparing B1950 data with J2000 data from Webda
Julian Date and Radio Data
Daylight Saving Time, Rise and Set Times, Sun Dial
Retrograde Motion plot of the orbit of Mars (See AST305 lab)
Extrasolar Planets - Data Analysis
Radio Bubble
Retrograde orbit plot of a minor planet from the MPC data online
Plot of limb darkening for the Sun
http://home.luna.nl/~arjan-muil/radio/history.html
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/radio.html
http://earlyradiohistory.us/
1936 US Olympic

Construction of a Scale Model of the Solar System
Analysis of CCD Photometry of Variable Stars, Flat Field, Dark Frame and Bias Frames
DSS Galaxy Finder
Dynamics: Cavendish experiment, Shape of lunar orbit, Satellites of Jupiter.
Telescopes: Simple lenses, Construction of simple telescopes, Using small astronomical telescopes, Advantages of aperture.
Cratering: Diameter and depth of lunar craters, Craters in the lab, Stratigraphy demonstration, Relative ages of lunar surfaces.
Distances: Parallax in the lab, Distance to the Moon, Inverse-square law, Light curve of a Cepheid variable star.
Spectra: Use of simple spectroscope, Formation of dark lines, Solar spectrum, Classification of stellar spectra.
Astronomy in Our Lives: Calendars, Songs, Adversing (Subaru, Sirius, Zenith, Orion Pictures), Astronomy and Astrology
The Story of Aristarchos, Beta
Tetrabiblios