PHYS 153 Astronomy Laboratory
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Welcome to the ISU Physics Department's Astronomy Lab website. All labs begin the week of January 23rd for the 2012 spring semester. You will need to download, print (on a quality printer), and bring with you to the first (orientation) lab a copy of both the syllabus and a lab schedule for either fall or spring.
The course manual is available free, by chapter, below. You are required to read the appropriate chapter before attending lab each week. Be sure to download and print a hard copy of each chapter and bring it with you to lab. There are video overviews for some labs and you should make sure that you view these before coming to lab.
Please read the lab FAQ for course policies and procedures, tips on accessing files, etc.
Lab finals begin the week of April 23rd (see the schedule). Enjoy the semester and good luck.
Important Notice: If your lab final is canceled due to University closure it will be rescheduled for the same time the following week.
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All course notes and lab procedures posted at this site are copyright 1997- 2012 by Martin Hackworth but may be copied freely by students enrolled in this course or by anyone with permission of the author. |
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| Syllabus | Schedule: Fall, Spring | Lab FAQ | Please do not call the Physics Department or lab supervisor with questions concerning final grades or when grades will be posted. Only lab instructors have the information to answer questions about final grades. |
153 MidTerm Lab Scores
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| PHYS 153 Course Manual |
Lab Video
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| Table of contents/copyright, Introduction. | Windows Computers
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| Orientation Lab (week 1) | Bring a syllabus and a fall or spring schedule. | |||
| Lab #1 Celestial Coordinates I (week 2) | Bring your Star and Planet locator and star chart. | Intro .wmv, Star Charts .wmv, Planisphere .wmv | Intro .mp4, Star Charts .mp4, Planisphere mp4 | |
| Lab #2 Lenses & Telescopes (week 3) | Lenses and Telescopes .wmv | Lenses and Telescopes .mp4 | ||
| Lab #3 Celestial Coordinates II,Cartes du Ciel (week 4) | Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope .wmv | Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope .mp4 | ||
| Lab #4 Observing Planets in the Night Sky, Cartes du Ciel (week 5) | Bring your Star and Planet locator and star chart. | Observing Planets .wmv Star Charts .wmv, Planisphere .wmv | Observing Planets .mp4 Star Charts .mp4, Planisphere mp4 | |
| Lab #5 The Solar System (week 6) | The Solar System .wmv | The Solar System .mp4 | ||
| Lab #6 Orbit of the Moon (week 7) | Figure 3 will be provided in lab. | Orbit of the Moon .wmv Vernier Calipers .wmv | Orbit of the Moon .mp4 Vernier Calipers .mp4 | |
| Lab #7 Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram (week 8) | Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram .wmv | Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram .mp4 | ||
| Lab #8 Light and Atomic Spectra (week 9) | Light and Atomic Spectra .wmv | Light and Atomic Spectra .mp4 | ||
| Lab #9 Age of the Universe (week 10) | Figure 1 will be provided in lab. | Age of the Universe .wmv | Age of the Universe .mp4 | |
| Lab #10 Measuring the Properties of Binary Stars (week 11) | Binary Stars .wmv | Binary Stars .mp4 | ||
| Lab Final (week 12) | ||||
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