Astronomy Laboratories
Dr. David Schmidling (email: [email protected])

Requirements: Computer, Windows (TM), Spreadsheet program, pdf reader program,
printer, ruler, protractor.

Labs can be downloaded as a single file, DS_ASTRONOMY.zip

Computer programs have been tested on Windows XP, 7, 10 and 11.

To install a computer program use Windows Explorer; click on SETUP.exe in the
_SETUP sub-directory for the particular program. For the SDSS program,
copy the contents of the _DATA sub-directory into the installed SDSS sub directory.

CEPHEIDS
Find periods, distances.
\CEPHEIDS\CEPHEIDS_SETUP
\CEPHEIDS\CEPHEIDS_WRITEUP\CEPHEIDS.pdf

COPERNIC
Find the size of the orbit of Venus in AU.
\COPERNIC\COPERNIC_WRITEUP\COPERNIC.pdf

DBLESTAR
Given data of various types, find double star properties.
\DBLESTAR\DBLESTAR_SETUP
\DBLESTARR\DBLESTAR_WRITEUP\DBLESTAR.pdf

EXTRASOLARPLANETS
Examine data for one exo-planet.
\EXTRASOLARPLANETS\EXTRASOLARPLANETS_WRITEUP\EXTRASOLARPLANETS.pdf

KEPLER
Find planetary masses using Kepler’s third law.
\KEPLER\KEPLER_SETUP
\KEPLER\KEPLER_WRITEP\KEPLER.pdf

ORBRES
Find orbital resonances for Jupiters moons.
\ORBRES\ORBRES_WRITEUP\ORBRES.pdf

SATRING
Find Saturn ring gaps origins and moon resonances.
\SATRING\SATRING_WRITEUP\SATRING.pdf

SDSS
Sloan Digital Sky Survey; classify objects.
\SDSS\SDSS_DATA
\SDSS\SDSS_SETUP
\SDSS\SDSS_WRITEUP\SDSS.pdf

SN1987A
Find the distance to the LMC from supernove observations.
\SN1987A\SN1987A_SETUP
\SN1987A\SN1987A_WRITEUP\SN1987A.pdf

SOLAR SYSTEM TEMPERATURES
Predict temperatures of solar system objects.
\SOLSYSTEMP\SOLSYSTEMP_WRITEUP\SOLARSYSTEMP.pdf

TYCHO2HR
Find star cluster distances using star catalog data.
\TYCHO2HR\TYCHO2HR_SETUP
\TYCHO2HR\TYCHO2HR_WRITEUP\TYCHO2HR.pdf