Unit 1 Lab:
What are some of the skills of astronomers?
Purpose:
a) to determine unknown elements from their spectra
b) to successfully classify galaxies by shape
Procedure:
Part a
Determine the two unknown elements by carefully observing the emission spectra below. Use the given spectra in Tools of the Astronomer, record your answers.
Part b
Classify each HYPERLINK “http://www.bclearningnetwork.com/LOR/media/ES11/Unit1/galaxy_images/pages/galaxy%2001_jpg.htm” o “Resource” t “_blank” image here (there are 10 images) according to the Hubble Galactic Classification System in Lesson 1.5 Other Celestial Objects and the Origins of the Universe.
