To run many of these labs use emulators from the  Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project (NAAP) developed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Astronomy Education Group.  To run them you will need to download a program from their website.  Go to https://astro.unl.edu/nativeapps/ and download the file NAAP Labs-v1.1.msi if you are running Windows or NAAP Labs-v1.1.pkg if you are running Mac OS X.  Once downloaded you will need to install the file on your computer, there is a video showing you how to do this if you are not familiar with how to install a program.  For other of the labs we will use Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel.   Follow this link on how to make charts using Google Sheets.

1.  The Celestial Sphere
2.  The Copernican Model
3.  Planetary Orbits
4.  The Seasons
5.  Lunar Phases
6.  Images of Saturn
7.  Atmospheres
8. Exoplanets 
9. Eclipsing Binaries
10. HR Diagram
11.  Cosmic Distance Ladder
12.  Galaxy Rotation Curves
13.  Galactic Morphology
14.  The Hubble Law

Your lab report must be submitted as a pdf file. Your report should include an introduction, any data recorded as part of the lab, answers to any questions asked in the lab and a conclusion.  Submit your lab reports here.

These labs have been created by Professor Acquaviva and Professor Maller based on the work of many others. Many of the labs are based on the Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project (NAAP) developed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Astronomy Education Group.