ASTR110-04: Fall 2006 Laboratory Schedule
WeekLaboratory ExerciseLab No.Date
Week 1: Mathematics Review #23      29 August
Overview
Review Site
Week 2: Lab Introduction #1      06-07 September
Week 3: Surface of the Moon #2      13-14 September
Overview
The Moon
The Moons of Jupiter
Week 4: Kepler's Laws #5      20-21 September
Solar System Simulator
Orbits of Jupiter's Moons
Orbits of Binary Stars
Week 5: Measuring Distances Using Parallax #8      27-28 September
Parallax Simulation
Week 6: Comets and Meteors #3      04-05 October
Overview
Comets
Week 7: Geology of the Terrestrial Planets #4      11-12 October
Processes that shape Terrestrial planets
Week 8: Galaxy Morphology #15      18-19 October
Overview
Classifying Galaxies
Week 9: Optics #9      25-26 October
Refracting Telescopes
Reflecting Telescopes
Lenses
Lens Magnification
Week 10: Spectroscopy #11      01-02 November
Overview
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
The Periodic Table
Atomic Structure
Spectral Lines
Energy Levels
Electric Force between Atomic Nuclei and Electrons
Energy Levels in the Bohr Atom
Emission and Absorption Spectra for each Element
Blackbody Radiation (demo)
Week 11: The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram #13      08-09 November
Overview
Background Information
Week 12: The H-R Diagram (HW #5, done in lab)       15-16 November
Thanksgiving Break
Week 13: Hubble's Law #18      29-30 November
Hubble's Law I
Hubble's Law II
Cosmology
Coloured Spectra for Lab
Week 14: Review Session       06-07 December