Elementary Astronomy Laboratory Activities
These Elementary Astronomy Lab activities are used in on-campus classes at the University of Louisville. While some have been updated to match those made available in our Moodle site, others are archival.
If you are enrolled in a class, please see your institution's class website for instructions and recent content.
Watch the Sky (Planetarium session not currently offered)
Under Namibian Skies (immersive visualization)
Night Sky Tonight Using Stellarium (immersive visualization)
Use a Remote Telescope: Requests and
Travel to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus (immersive visualization)
Survey galaxies in the universe (immersive visualization)
Our Dynamic Sun (may use the roof top solar telescope)
Experiment with CCD Camera Images
Observing planets and the Moon with a telescope (live remote or with the telescope on the roof)
Explore Mars (may use immersive visualiztion)
Observe Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus
Brightnesses and colors of stars in Messier 34
Track Cosmic Rays in a Cloud Chamber