Fundamental Concepts in the Introductory Astronomy Laboratory

为加强非理科专业的天文学课程而购买的设备正在购买中。该设备使学生能够更好地确定恒星光谱等级和距离，并对非常微弱的物体进行成像。这些都是该大学努力教授非理科专业学生的基本概念，即天文学家如何从接收到的微小光线中推断出遥远物体的属性，包括它们的距离。对于许多学生来说，这门课程代表了他们在科学方面最先进的教学，并形成了他们一生中科学观的基础。

Equipment to enhance an astronomy course for non-science- majors is being purchased. The equipment enables students to better determine stellar spectral class and distance and to image very faint objects. These are fundamental concepts in the university's efforts to teach non-science-majors how astronomers can deduce properties of distant objects, including their distance, from the tiny amount of light received. For many students, this course represents their most advanced instruction in science and forms the basis for their view of science throughout their lives.