Introductory Astronomy Laboratories in Imaging, spectroscopy, and Data Analysis

天文学（11）该项目正在引进现代数据获取和图像处理技术，作为天文学课程的一个组成部分。新的实验室设施包括：两台计算机控制的中等孔径（16英寸和10英寸）光学望远镜、电荷耦合器件照相机、一台廉价的光纤光谱仪、一台（用于太阳观测的）定日镜和一台相关的高分辨率光谱仪、一台小型（3米）射电望远镜以及用于望远镜控制、数据采集和分析的计算机。该设施大大提高了每年参加天文学实验室课程的300多名本科生的实验室体验。学生能够获得太阳、行星、恒星、星云和明亮星系的数字图像和光谱。这种协作学习的经验将具体化讲座中涵盖的许多抽象概念，并为学生提供对真实的数据的理解。初级课程的学生可以收集和分析科学有用的数据。这为非科学专业的入门学生提供了独特的体验。正在根据广泛的资料来源，包括已发表的材料和网络材料，对实验进行改编。

Astronomy (11) This project is introducing modern data acquisition and image processing techniques as an integral part of the astronomy courses. The new laboratory facility consists of: two computer controlled optical telescopes of modest aperture (16 and 10 inches), charged coupled device cameras, an inexpensive fiber fed spectrograph, a heliostat (for solar observations) with an associated high resolution spectrograph, a small (3 m) radio telescope and computers for telescope control, data acquisition and analysis. This facility is dramatically enhancing the laboratory experience for over 300 undergraduate students who are participating in the astronomy laboratory courses each year. Students are able to obtain digital images and spectra of the Sun, planets, stars, nebulae and bright galaxies. This collaborative learning experience will concretize many of the abstract concepts covered in lectures and provide students with an understanding of real data. Students in elementary courses can collect and analyze scientifically useful data. This is providing a unique experience for introductory students who are non-science majors. Experiments are being adapted from a wide range of sources, including published and web-based material.