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Spring 2008  Astr 10L  Lab 10  
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"There are painters who transform the sun to a 
yellow spot, but there are others who with the 
help of their art and their intelligence, transform 
a yellow spot into the sun."
--Pablo Picasso 


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LAB 10: SUNSPOT TRACKING [*.pdf]
SurveyMonkey.com pre-lab: Tu/Th section 5168
     (Due 12:00 PM on day of lab)

Sunspotting
     Sunspot metamorphosis: from bottom to top (*.html)
          (Astronomy Picture of the Day)
     Galileo's sunspot observations (*.mpeg)
          (The Dynamic Sun, sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov)
     March 1996 active region maps (animated *.gif)
     March 2002 active region maps (animated *.gif)
          (Mees Solar Observatory, Haleakala, HI)
     Fig. 17.33 (excerpt) (*.gif)
          (Fix, _Astronomy: Journey to the Cosmic Frontier_, 4/e)
Rotation types
Bulb vs. projector effect (*.jpg, *.avi)
What makes sunspots? 
     (*.avi, Sushi Kokku, San Luis Obispo, CA)
     (*.mpeg, Kiepenheuer-Institut fu:r Sonnenphysik)
Current image of the Sun (*.gif)
     (Solar Data Analysis Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

"No sunspots" instructions
SLO [*.txt]
NCC [*.txt]

In-class lab work (*.mov)
     Find and sit in your groups
     Work cooperatively as a group
     Fill out worksheets individually
     Finished?  Turn in worksheets as a group
     One worksheet is randomly selected for group grading
     
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Download and read Lab 11 worksheets ahead of time
Bring calculator to lab for credit
Read current events study guide 
Answer Surveymonkey.com pre-lab