basic procedures are
1) measuring size (scaling; image scale)
2) doing photometry: measuring brightness
3) measuring color
see the listing of curriculum activities available on the web
typical curriculum projects include
1) determine the height of lunar craters
(from shadow lengths)
2) discover a supernova
2
high school students (heather & melody)
discover
a supernova
(the following 3 images are FITS and will be acessible only
if you have an image processing program on your computer)
(image1 shows the galaxy without the supernova; image3 with the supernova;
subtract show image3 - image1, i.e., the supernova with the galaxy
subtracted out)
3) determine the age and distance of a cluster
(from a cluster color-magnitude diagram
4) determine variable star properties
(from light curves)
5) determine mass of Jupiter
(from satellite motions and Kepler's
3rd law)
Jupiter & moons (requires FITS image viewer)
6) determine the rotation period of the sun
