Astronomy Lab Manual

by Andrew Totah-McCarty

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This is a student-led astronomy workbook that is designed for an introductory, college-level astronomy class. These lab are designed for a course that does not have access to observational equipment or meets at a time (eg, day time) that does not allow for night-time viewing. There are 12 labs, so courses have room to add their own experiences, such as observational labs.

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Publisher
Chabot College
Subjects
Physics
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Mapping the Night Sky
  7. 2: Apparent Motion
  8. 3: Celestial Sphere Model
  9. 4: Sun Path
  10. 5: Discovering Kepler's Laws
  11. 6: Kepler Models
  12. 7: Optics and Telescopes
  13. 8: Spectroscopy
  14. 9: Exoplanet Detection - Doppler Method
  15. 10: Exoplanet Detection - Transit Method
  16. 11: HR Diagram and Stellar Evolution
  17. 12: Planetary Evolution
  18. Back Matter
  19. Index
  20. Glossary
  21. Detailed Licensing
  22. Detailed Licensing