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8D10. Miscellaneous Astronomy

PIRA #	Demonstration Name	Abstract
8D10.10	Astrophotography	Problems with the photography of stars and galaxies. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 21(4), 250
8D10.10	Astrophotography	A homemade mount for guided astrophotos. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 35(3), 186
8D10.20	Daytime Observations	Compare the size of the Sun and the Moon using welder's filters for daytime observation. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 29(7), 459
8D10.20	Daytime Observations	Calculating Sun-Earth and Earth-Moon distances using trigonometry and foam plastic balls. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 29(8), 500
8D10.20	Daytime Observations	Make observations to determine if the Moon revolves around the Earth in the same direction as the Earth itself rotates or in the opposite direction. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 30(2), 70
8D10.30	Tossing on a Rotating Space Station Amusement park rides are used to answer the question "Where does a tossed ball go?" on a rotating space station. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 42(7), 423
8D10.30	Tossing on a Rotating Space Station	A graphical approach to the tossed ball on a rotating space station problem. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 43(1), 4
8D10.40	Soda Can Gravity Demo
8D10.80	Space Debris

8D20. Telescopes

PIRA #	Demonstration Name	Abstract
8D20.10	Radio Telescopes	Introducing radio astronomy as a classroom stimulus. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 48(4), 251
8D20.10	Very Small Radio Telescope	Using the very small radio telescope (VSRT) to teach high school physics. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 49(9), 546
8D20.10	Radio Telescopes	Six articles by Prof. George Swenson and how to instructions for building a portable radio interferometer. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 18(7), 548
8D20.10	Radio Telescopes	Observing "cosmic synchrotrons" with a radio telescope. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 14(8), 479
8D20.10	Radio Telescopes	About the 210 foot diameter radio telescope at Parkes, New South Wales. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 4(3), 99
8D20.10	Radio Telescopes	About the radio telescope at Mullard Observatory, Cambridge, England. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 2(2), 72
8D20.20	Microwave telescopes	Show the old microwave telescope.
8D20.30	Infrared Telescopes	How to build an improved handheld infrared telescope. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 18(1), 64
8D20.30	Infrared Telescopes	Build an infrared telescope using the 1P-25 image conversion tube. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 17(2), 132
8D20.30	Infrared Telescopes	A simple infrared telescope made with kitchen materials. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 22(4), 248
8D20.40	Optical Telescopes	See 6A70.20
8D20.50	UV Telescopes	A look at the Polar and Dynamic Explorer satellites
8D20.60	X-Ray Telescopes Views of our Sun at the soft X-ray wavelengths. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 36(7), 403
8D20.70	Gamma Ray Telescopes	An explanation of gamma ray astronomy and the instruments used to observe very high energy gamma ray sources. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 24(1), 21
8D20.70	Gamma Ray Telescopes	Gamma ray line astronomy and the instruments used for observation. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 19(8), 527

8D30. Astronomical Instruments

PIRA #	Demonstration Name	Abstract
8D30.10	Satellite Models	Building a satellite model to demonstrate centripital force and satellite motion. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 46(4), 237
8D30.20	Spacecraft Models	Spacecraft models of Pioneer, Voyager, Cassini, PDP, Hawkeye, Juno, and the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, etc.
8D30.50	Satellites	How to simulate realistic satellite orbits and the effect that atmospheric drag has on them. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 43(7), 454
8D30.50	GPS Satellites	Relativistic effects on clocks aboard GPS satellites. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 44(7), 424
8D30.50	Satellites	Determination of a satellite orbit using the doppler effect. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 2(2), 70
8D30.50	Satellites	Calculating the velocity of orbiting satellites. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 23(1), 29
8D30.60	Spacecraft	A demonstration to show why the Voyager 2 spacecraft had an unwanted wobble when a tape recorder on the spacecraft was turned on. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 37(4), 196
8D30.60	Spacecraft Artifacts	A classroom exercise deciphering the information contained on the plaque that accompanied the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 39(8), 476
8D30.60	Spacecraft Orbits	A classroom experiment where students are given a comet or spacecraft's initial velocity and distance from the Sun. They use Newton's laws and a process of iteration to approximate its orbit. See The Physics Teacher - TPT 13(4), 232

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-||8D10.10||Astrophotography||Problems with the photography of stars and galaxies. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 21(4), 250]||
||8D10.10||Astrophotography||A homemade mount for guided astrophotos. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 35(3), 186]||
||8D10.20||Daytime Observations||Compare the size of the Sun and the Moon using welder's filters for daytime observation. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 29(7), 459]||
||8D10.20||Daytime Observations||Calculating Sun-Earth and Earth-Moon distances using trigonometry and foam plastic balls. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 29(8), 500]||
||8D10.20||Daytime Observations||Make observations to determine if the Moon revolves around the Earth in the same direction as the Earth itself rotates or in the opposite direction. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 30(2), 70]||
||8D10.30||Tossing on a Rotating Space Station	Amusement park rides are used to answer the question "Where does a tossed ball go?" on a rotating space station. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 42(7), 423]||
||8D10.30||Tossing on a Rotating Space Station||A graphical approach to the tossed ball on a rotating space station problem. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 43(1), 4]||
+||8D10.10||Astrophotography||Problems with the photography of stars and galaxies. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 21(4), 250]]||
||8D10.10||Astrophotography||A homemade mount for guided astrophotos. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 35(3), 186]]||
||8D10.20||Daytime Observations||Compare the size of the Sun and the Moon using welder's filters for daytime observation. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 29(7), 459]]||
||8D10.20||Daytime Observations||Calculating Sun-Earth and Earth-Moon distances using trigonometry and foam plastic balls. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 29(8), 500]]||
||8D10.20||Daytime Observations||Make observations to determine if the Moon revolves around the Earth in the same direction as the Earth itself rotates or in the opposite direction. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 30(2), 70]]||
||8D10.30||Tossing on a Rotating Space Station	Amusement park rides are used to answer the question "Where does a tossed ball go?" on a rotating space station. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 42(7), 423]]||
||8D10.30||Tossing on a Rotating Space Station||A graphical approach to the tossed ball on a rotating space station problem. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 43(1), 4]]||
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-||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||Introducing radio astronomy as a classroom stimulus.  See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 48(4), 251]||
||8D20.10||Very Small Radio Telescope ||Using the very small radio telescope (VSRT) to teach high school physics. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 49(9), 546]||
||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||Six articles by Prof. George Swenson and how to instructions for building a portable radio interferometer. 	See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 18(7), 548]||
||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||Observing "cosmic synchrotrons" with a radio telescope. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 14(8), 479]||
||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||About the 210 foot diameter radio telescope at Parkes, New South Wales.  See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 4(3), 99]||
||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||About the radio telescope at Mullard Observatory, Cambridge, England.  See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 2(2), 72]||
+||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||Introducing radio astronomy as a classroom stimulus.  See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 48(4), 251]]||
||8D20.10||Very Small Radio Telescope ||Using the very small radio telescope (VSRT) to teach high school physics. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 49(9), 546]]||
||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||Six articles by Prof. George Swenson and how to instructions for building a portable radio interferometer. 	See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 18(7), 548]]||
||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||Observing "cosmic synchrotrons" with a radio telescope. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 14(8), 479]]||
||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||About the 210 foot diameter radio telescope at Parkes, New South Wales.  See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 4(3), 99]]||
||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||About the radio telescope at Mullard Observatory, Cambridge, England.  See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 2(2), 72]]||
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||8D20.30||Infrared Telescopes||Build an infrared telescope using the 1P-25 image conversion tube. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 17(2), 132]||
||8D20.30||Infrared Telescopes||A simple infrared telescope made with kitchen materials. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 22(4), 248]||
+||8D20.30||Infrared Telescopes ||How to build an improved handheld infrared telescope. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 18(1), 64]]||
||8D20.30||Infrared Telescopes||Build an infrared telescope using the 1P-25 image conversion tube. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 17(2), 132]]||
||8D20.30||Infrared Telescopes||A simple infrared telescope made with kitchen materials. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 22(4), 248]]||
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||8D20.70||Gamma Ray Telescopes ||An explanation of gamma ray astronomy and the instruments used to observe very high energy gamma ray sources.   See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 24(1), 21]||
||8D20.70||Gamma Ray Telescopes ||Gamma ray line astronomy and the instruments used for observation.  See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 19(8), 527]||
+||8D20.60||X-Ray Telescopes Views of our Sun at the soft X-ray wavelengths.  See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 36(7), 403]]||
||8D20.70||Gamma Ray Telescopes ||An explanation of gamma ray astronomy and the instruments used to observe very high energy gamma ray sources.   See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 24(1), 21]]||
||8D20.70||Gamma Ray Telescopes ||Gamma ray line astronomy and the instruments used for observation.  See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 19(8), 527]]||
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||8D30.50||GPS Satellites ||Relativistic effects on clocks aboard GPS satellites. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 44(7), 424]||
||8D30.50||Satellites ||Determination of a satellite orbit using the doppler effect. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 2(2), 70]||
||8D30.50||Satellites ||Calculating the velocity of orbiting satellites. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 23(1), 29]||
||8D30.60||Spacecraft ||A demonstration to show why the Voyager 2 spacecraft had an unwanted wobble when a tape recorder on the spacecraft was turned on. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 37(4), 196]||
||8D30.60||Spacecraft Artifacts ||A classroom exercise deciphering the information contained on the plaque that accompanied the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 39(8), 476]||
||8D30.60||Spacecraft Orbits ||A classroom experiment where students are given a comet or spacecraft's initial velocity and distance from the Sun. They use Newton's laws and a process of iteration to approximate its orbit. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 13(4), 232]||
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||8D30.50||GPS Satellites ||Relativistic effects on clocks aboard GPS satellites. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 44(7), 424]]||
||8D30.50||Satellites ||Determination of a satellite orbit using the doppler effect. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 2(2), 70]]||
||8D30.50||Satellites ||Calculating the velocity of orbiting satellites. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 23(1), 29]]||
||8D30.60||Spacecraft ||A demonstration to show why the Voyager 2 spacecraft had an unwanted wobble when a tape recorder on the spacecraft was turned on. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 37(4), 196]]||
||8D30.60||Spacecraft Artifacts ||A classroom exercise deciphering the information contained on the plaque that accompanied the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 39(8), 476]]||
||8D30.60||Spacecraft Orbits ||A classroom experiment where students are given a comet or spacecraft's initial velocity and distance from the Sun. They use Newton's laws and a process of iteration to approximate its orbit. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 13(4), 232]]||
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