Simulators for assisting the teaching of observational astronomy. Part I: Stellar spectrography

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For pt.II see ibid., vol.4, no.4, p.198-204 (1983). A simulator is described which, in conjunction with the photometer described in part II, enables students to practise the techniques of quantitative UBV stellar photometry under laboratory conditions. Silica fibre optics are employed to obtain both a realistic appearance and the required ratios and intensities of ultraviolet, blue and yellow light to simulate stars of differing spectral classes at various distances.

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Simulators for assisting the teaching of observational astronomy. Part III: UBV photometry

Mills¹

1985

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Simulators for assisting the teaching of observational astronomy. Part II: Photometry of normal and variable stars in total visible light

Mills

1983

For pt.I see ibid., vol.4, p.77-81 (1983). A simulator is described which, viewed with a commercial photomultiplier photometer, enables students to practise some of the techniques of quantitative stellar photometry in the laboratory. A fictitious open cluster is presented which contains stars of differing colours and apparent magnitudes. When a switch is closed, four of these stars undergo regular cyclic variations in brightness, with patterns typical of Algol, beta Lyrae, and Cepheid-type variables. From their own and given data, students can subsequently calculate apparent and absolute magnitudes, light curves, distances, etc., obtaining results comparable with corresponding objects in the real sky.

Simulators for the teaching of observational astronomy: IV. A computerised telescope simulator

Adams

Raine

1986