Investigating Astronomy

Investigating Tools of Astronomy

Exploration One: How Do Astronomers Observe the Universe?

Activity 2: What Does Electromagnetic Radiation Tell Us?

Part 1: Looking at Hands

Part 2: Looking at a Mystery Object

Part 3: Looking at the Crab Nebula

Activity 3: Discovering the Multi-Wavelength Universe

Exploration Two: What Are Electromagnetic Waves?

Activity 3: Making the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Observatory Resources:

Exploration Three: Telescopes and Image Processing

First Thoughts

Activity 2: CCDs

Part 1: Looking at Pixels in a Digital Photo

Activity 3: Image Processing

Exploration Four: Messages of Light

First Thoughts

Activity 1: How Do We Analyze Light?

Part 1: Investigating Spectra

Part 2: Absorption Lines

Activity 2: Interpreting Color & Temperature

Part 1: The Color of Stars

Part 2: Filters & Imaging

Challenge: Cosmic Detectives