Astronomy Activity and Laboratory Manual
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- Paperback: 120 pages
- Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2 edition (December 4, 2018)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1284113744
- ISBN-13: 978-1284113747
- Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.2 x 10.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
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BRIEF CONTENTS
- Lab 1 The World’s First Skywatcher – YOU!
- Lab 2 Shadowland
- Lab 3 Shadowland – the Sequel
- Lab 4 Shadowland Follow-up
- Lab 5 The Phases of the Moon
- Lab 6 Eratosthenes Measures the Earth
- Lab 7 Aristarchus Measures the Size and Distance of the Moon
- Lab 8 Aristarchus Measures the Size and Distance of the Sun
- Lab 9 The Copernican Cosmos
- Lab 10 Kepler’s Third Law
- Lab 11 Isaac Newton and the Moon
- Lab 12 Galileo Measures a Mountain – on the Moon!
- Lab 13 Precision Astronomy After Galileo – Stellar Aberration
- Lab 14 Precision Astronomy After Galileo – Stellar Parallax
- Lab 15 Picturing the Universe – How Photography Revolutionized Astronomy
- Lab 16 How Bright is That Star? A Tutorial on the Magnitude System
- Lab 17 The Realm of the Spiral Nebulae
- Lab 18 Hubble’s Law – in the Kitchen and in the Universe
- Lab 19 The Existence of Dark Matter in the Universe
- Lab 20 Essay Assignment: Reflecting on the Lessons of this Manual
- Appendix Mathbits
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