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 Watch the Sky (Planetarium session not currently offered)]
[/Under_Namibian_Skies Under Namibian Skies (immersive visualization)]
[/Night_Sky Night Sky Tonight Using Stellarium (immersive visualization)]
[/Remote_Telescope_Requests Use a Remote Telescope: Requests] and
[/Remote_Telescope_Results Analyze Request Results]
Travel to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus (immersive visualization)
Survey galaxies in the universe (immersive visualization)
[/Survey_Galaxies_in_Virgo Survey Galaxies in Virgo]
[/The_Earth_Rotates The Earth Rotates]
[/Our_Dynamic_Sun Our Dynamic Sun (may use the roof top solar telescope)]
[/Light_and_Telescopes Light and Telescopes]
[/Experiment_with_CCD_Camera_Images Experiment with CCD Camera Images]
[/Use_a_CCD_Camera Use a CCD Camera]
[/Spectra Spectra]
Observing planets and the Moon with a telescope (live remote or with the telescope on the roof)
[/Explore_Mars Explore Mars] (may use immersive visualiztion)
[/Observe_Satellites_of_Jupiter_and_Saturn Observe Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus]
[/Follow_Proxima_Centauri Follow Proxima Centauri]
Brightnesses and colors of stars in Messier 34
[/Variable_Stars_in_Messier_3 Variable Stars in Messier 3]
[/Measure_a_Nearby_Supernova Measure a Nearby Supernova]
[/Track_Cosmic_Rays_in_a_Cloud_Chamber Track Cosmic Rays in a Cloud Chamber]
New Labs
[/FLIR_Camera The iPad and infrared camera]
[/Black_Body_and_Filters Stars as Black Bodies and Astronomical Filters]