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Material Type: Lab; Professor: Finn; Class: Astronomy; Subject: Physics; University: Siena College; Term: Unknown 1989;
Typology: Lab Reports
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Name:___________________________________________________________ Partner: ________________________________________________________ Useful information: Distance from earth to sun = 1.5 x 10^11 m Metric Units Review: 1 m = __________ cm 1 m = __________ mm 1 km = __________ m Part 1: Solar Luminosity You will measure the luminosity (energy output per second) of the sun using a light, a piece of wax, and a ruler.
Part 3: Sketch the Sun. Never look directly at the Sun - your eyes will be permanently damaged by the Sun’s intense radiation. Telescopes collect more light than your eyes, so it is worse to look at the Sun through a telescope. The Siena physics department has special filters to use with the 8-inch telescope that block most of the light coming from the Sun. This allows us to look at the Sun without damaging our eyes. Look at the Sun through the 8-inch telescope. Sketch the image of the sun. Label any sunspots and solar flares that are visible. Try looking at the Sun with no filter and using the H-alpha filter. Describe what you see.