The Sun
Outdoor labs will only be held with clear sky.
Lab Procedure
A subsection of this lab The Outdoor portion of the sun lab can be done outdoors at sessions with physics department techs or during your lab with your instructor. See the Outdoor/Indoor choice Lab sections further down this page.
Supporting Files
Rotation of the Sun
Video is found near the bottom of the page:
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Coronal Mass Ejections
Video is the second video on the page:
Outdoor Choice Labs
Solar equipment will be setup during the following times as long as its not cloudy. If there's no sun see the Night/Cloudy instructions.
You can come to the outdoor sessions to complete The Outdoor portion of the sun lab and turn this in in place of doing this part in class using digital images. Your lecture instructors may also give you a bonus for attending these, labs will not give EC for these.
For Fall 23 this lab will be done the week of Nov 27th and Dec 4th, weather permitting.
| Day | Morning - Midday | Afternoon |
|---|---|---|
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Mon 4/22/24
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11:30 AM - 1:15 PM |
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
| Tues 4/23/24 | 9:30 AM - 1:15 PM | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
|
Wed 4/24/24
|
9:30 AM - 1:15 PM |
X |
|
Thurs 4/25/24
|
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | X |
| Fri 4/26/24 | X | X |
|
Mon 4/29/24
|
11:30 AM - 1:15 PM | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
| Tues 4/30/24 | 9:30 AM - 1:15 PM | 3:00 PM -5:00 PM |
|
Weds 5/1/24
|
9:30 AM - 1:15 PM | X |
| Thurs 5/2/24 | 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | X |
| Fri 12/8 | X | X |
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Indoor Choice Labs
Please explore the following links to complete the portion of your lab that would be otherwise done outside.
Look for the "Intensity" for Parts A,B and "H-alpha" for Part C of the outdoor section.
You can also utilize the following link for more H-alpha images for part C.