Astronomers as Observers and Experimenters

Astronomers as Observers and Experimenters

Exercises and Projects for the Laboratory and Night Sky

Wilkerson, Jeffrey A

Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.

08/2021

277

Spiral bound

Inglês

9781524985622

15 a 20 dias

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Introduction: The Processes of Science
Learning Goals
How to Use This Manual
Part I: Sky Observations and Observing Tools
Exercise 1: Astronomy as Part of the Scientific Enterprise
Exercise 2: Observing Exercises
Exercise 3: Star Charts and Catalogues
Exercise 4: Atmospheric Extinction of Starlight
Exercise 5: Observing with Simple Tools
Exercise 6: Angular Resolution
Exercise 7: Image Size-Focal Length Relationship
Exercise 8: Kirchhoff's Laws and Spectroscopy
Part II: Measuring Distance in the Universe
Exercise 9: Trigonometric Parallax
Exercise 10: Distance to the Pleiades
Exercise 11: Distances of Cepheid Variable Stars
Exercise 12: Galactic Distances and the Hubble-Lemaitre Law
Part III: Measuring in the Solar System
Exercise 13: Duration of the Sidereal Day
Exercise 14: Lunar Features and Mountain Heights
Exercise 15: Determining the Mass of the Moon
Exercise 16: Evidence of the Earth's Revolution
Exercise 17: Solar Rotation
Exercise 18: Measuring the Diameters of Pluto and Charon
Exercise 19: Kuiper Belt Objects
Exercise 20: Determining the Velocity of a Comet
Part IV: Measuring Stars and Galaxies
Exercise 21: Proper Motion of a Star
Exercise 22: Spectral Classification
Exercise 23: Finding the Period of an Eclipsing Binary Star System
Exercise 24: Supernova 1987A
Exercise 25: Color-Magnitude Diagrams of Open Star Clusters
Exercise 26: The Distribution of Star Clusters on the Sky
Exercise 27: Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster
Exercise 28: The Absolute Magnitude of a Quasar
Part V: Projects
Project 1: Measuring the Duration of the Sidereal Day
Project 2: Modeling the Orbit of the Moon
Project 3: Mapping Dust and Gas in the Galaxy Using Cluster Reddening
Appendix 1: How to Write Laboratory Reports
Appendix 2: How to Handle Data
Appendix 3: SC1-SC2 Charts, Star Finder Parts, and Translucent Graph Paper
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