Please do any of the following five activities. Everyone must do activity No 13
a) Individually or a maximum of two students per group.
b) Written reports based on these activities are required by each student.
c) All activities must be stapled together with a separate page on the top as follows:
i) Instructor: H.Tahsiri. Course: Physics 20A, Introduction to Astronomy.
ii) Your Name capitalized: Last__________ First___________
iii) Activitiy Numbers: (),(),(),(),(13).
d) Each activity is worth 10 Points.
e) These activities are due in class on .
Please do the following activities either as an outdoor activities or as a computer projects.
1) Construction and Use of an Astronomical Cross-staff.
2) Construction and Using an Astronomical Quadrant.
3) Measuring Northern Star with Quadrant and Cross-staff.
4) Telescopic Observations of the Sun.(not a computer project)
5) The Diameter of the Sun.(not a computer project)
6) The Diameter of the Moon (Please click here)
7) Mapping the Sky.(or a computer project witht CD planeterium sofware)
8) The Diurnal Motion of the Sun.(or a computer project witht CD planeterium sofware)
9) The Motion of the Sun with respect to Stars.(or a computer project witht CD planeterium sofware)
10) Observing the Sunset Point.(or a computer project witht CD planeterium sofware)
11) The Motion and Phases of the Moon.(not a computer project)
12) The Motion of the Planets.(or a computer project witht CD planeterium sofware)
13) Kepler's Laws ( Please Click here)
14) Earthquakes.(not a computer project)
15) Observing Patterns from Radiation Sourses.(not a computer project)
16) Analyzing Light Sources with Spectrometer.(not a computer project)
17) Observations of Stars, Clusters, and Nebulae throughout the year (Use only CD planeterium sofware)