{"id":9190,"date":"2020-09-11T09:33:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T13:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/?page_id=9190"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:38:57","slug":"lab-manuals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/academics\/lab-manuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomy Lab Manuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Labs Resource:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The Toolbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2009\/09\/mathToolbox.pdf\"><i>Math Toolbox<\/i><\/a> &mdash; (useful undergraduate primer for math and units)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<a id=\"undergraduate\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Undergraduate-Level Lab Manuals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<table border=\"1px\">\n<col>\n<colgroup span=\"2\"><\/colgroup>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\" scope=\"colgroup\">\n<h3>100-Level Course Labs<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4><i>Course<\/i><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h4><i>Lab<\/i><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CAS AS 101<\/strong> &mdash;<br \/>\n(THE SOLAR SYSTEM)<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2024\/01\/Orrery.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Orrery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2024\/01\/Planetary-Orbits20210121a.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Planetary Orbits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2024\/01\/Gravity_2022.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Gravity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2024\/01\/Spectroscopy-2023.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Spectroscopy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2024\/09\/Optics_Newtonian-Jul2024.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Optics and Telescopes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2024\/11\/Craters2024.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Cratering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2024\/01\/Exoplanets-revised-12-11-23.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Extrasolar Planets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CAS AS 102<\/strong> &mdash;<br \/>\n(THE ASTRONOMICAL UNIVERSE)<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2022\/08\/PowersofTenIntro04.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Powers of Ten<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2022\/08\/SkyGazerIntro06.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Skygazer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2024\/01\/Spectroscopy-2023.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Spectroscopy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2024\/09\/Optics_Newtonian-Jul2024.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Optics and Telescopes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2026\/04\/Luminosity_2026.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Luminosity and Brightness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2026\/04\/Hubble-Law_AS102_Spring2026.2.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Hubble&#8217;s Law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>NIGHT LABS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2013\/09\/nightlab1v05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Night Lab #1: Motions in the Sky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2017\/01\/nightlab2v04.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Night Lab #2: What&#8217;s the Name of that Star<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a id=\"graduate\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Graduate-Level Lab Manuals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<table border=\"1px\">\n<col>\n<colgroup span=\"2\"><\/colgroup>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\" scope=\"colgroup\">\n<h3>700-Level Course Labs<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4><i>Course<\/i><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h4><i>Lab<\/i><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CAS AS 709<\/strong> &mdash;<br \/>\n(OBSERVATIONAL TECHNIQUES)<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/files\/2009\/11\/Spectrum.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solar Spectrum<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labs Resource: Math Toolbox &mdash; (useful undergraduate primer for math and units) &nbsp; Undergraduate-Level Lab Manuals 100-Level Course Labs Course Lab CAS AS 101 &mdash; (THE SOLAR SYSTEM) Orrery Planetary Orbits Gravity Spectroscopy Optics and Telescopes Cratering Extrasolar Planets CAS AS 102 &mdash; (THE ASTRONOMICAL UNIVERSE) Powers of Ten Skygazer Spectroscopy Optics and Telescopes Luminosity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7810,"featured_media":0,"parent":8670,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7810"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9190"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12700,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9190\/revisions\/12700"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}