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Lesson Plan and Evaluation Plan (Brief version)
Department
Physics
Course
SC30415 Advanced Astronomy Laboratory
1.5
Credits
3 periods / week
Grade
9-11
Second semester /2011
Teacher:
KANTHANAKORN NOYSENA
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1. Course Description
This course provides to study and research advance astronomy
laboratory. The first topic will include constellations and celestial objects,
equatorial atlas star, optical telescope laboratory, and photography
laboratory. The second topic will include planetary rotation, the
measurement of the rotation rate of a planet using the Doppler shift of a
returning radar pulse, using a simulated radar telescope, the Rotation of
Mercury by The Doppler Effect laboratory, and The Revolution of the
Moons of Jupiter laboratory. The Third topic will include technique of
photoelectric filter photometry, spectrum line of stars on H-R diagram,
types of spectrum, stars distance, photography, apparent and absolute
magnitude of cluster star, cluster star distance, Photoelectric
Photometry of the Pleiades laboratory, and Spectral Classification of
Stars laboratory. The fourth topic will include using simulator
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spectrometer take spectrum of galaxy, apparent magnitude of galaxy, age
of universe, and The Hubble RedShift-Distance Relation laboratory.
By the end of the course, Student will be able to understanding the
scientific process skills and attitudes have seen the value of science.
Process can take basic science of Advance Astronomy Laboratory to
explain and resolve the phenomenal astronomy.
2. Course Objectives
1. Be able to use equatorial atlas stars.
2. Identify constellations and celestial objects.
3. Be able to Use optic telescope for searching celestial objects.
4. Can Tack the celestial objects by using telescope with photographic
camera.
5. Calculate rotation of mercury, radial velocity of mercury, period of
mercury, orbit of mercury around the sun.
6. Calculate mass of Jupiter.
7. Identify type of spectrum of stars on H-R diagram.
8. Calculate stars distance by using spectrum.
9. Calculate apparent UBV form photometry.
10.
Build and compare H-R diagram for finding apparent and
absolute magnitude.
11.
Calculate cluster star distance.
12.
Take photography of spectrum.
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Calculate magnitude of galaxy and expand of galaxy.
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Calculate age of universe
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3. Learning Outline
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INTRODUCTION
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Objectives
Students understand what
Provide the details about
Advance Astronomy
assessment, lessons and
Laboratory is.
activities on this course.
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What Advance Astronomy
Laboratory is.
TELESCOPE TRAINING
Course objective 1st – 3rd
AND ATLAS STARS
To introduce students
- Use the celestial atlas
star.
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- Get training the reflector
using the atlas star and
have reflector telescope
and refractor telescope
and refractor scope skill
skills. Moreover, students
to find the celestial
should identify the celestial
objects and identify the
objects and remember the
objects in sky.
constellations.
RADIO ASTRONOMY OF
Course objective 4th
PULSARS
To introduce students
- Use a simulated radio
about the fundamental
telescope equipped with a
operation of a radio
multi-channel receiver.
telescope and recognize
- Operate the controls of the
how it is similar to, and
receiver to obtain the best
different from, an optical
display of pulsar signals.
telescope. Students
- Record data from these
Should understand how
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receivers.
- Analyze the data to
Objectives
astronomers, using radio
telescopes, recognize the
determine properties of the
distinctive properties of
pulsars such as periods,
pulsars. Students should
signal strengths at different understand what is meant
frequencies, pulse arrival
by interstellar dispersion,
times, relative strengths of
and how it enables us to
the signals.
measure the distances to
- Understand how the
pulsars.
differences in arrival times
of radio pulses at different
frequencies tell us the
distance the pulses have
traveled.
ASTROMETRY OF
Course objective 2nd - 4th
ASTEROIDS
To introduce students to
- Display CCD images of the the techniques that
heavens using an
astronomers use to
astronomical image display discover asteroids and to
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program.
- Blink pairs of images, and
measure their coordinates
in the sky. To show
learn to recognize objects
students what is meant by
that have moved from one
parallax and how parallax
image to the next.
is measured.
- Call up reference star
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Objectives
charts from the Hubble
Guide Star Catalog (GSC)
stored on the computer.
- Recognize and match star
patterns on the GSC charts
against the stars in your
image
- Measure the coordinates of
unknown objects on your
images using the GSC
reference stars.
RADAR MEASUREMENT OF Course objective 5th
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THE ROTATION RATE OF
To illustrate the
MERCURY
measurement of the
- Use a simulated radio
rotation rate of a planet
telescope to acquire pulse
using the Doppler shift of a
spectra.
returning radar pulse.
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- Read a pulse spectrum to
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find the frequency shift of
the pulse.
- Measure the Doppler-shift
to interpret the change in
frequency between the
outgoing pulse and the
reflection.
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Objectives
THE REVOLUTION OF THE
Course objective 6th
MOONS OF JUPITER
To illustrate the
- Students make
measurement of the mass
observations of Jupiter and of a planet using Kepler’s
its satellites at regular
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intervals over a period of
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several weeks and, by
third law.
graphing the separation of
each moon from Jupiter
versus time, they measure
the period and radius of
each satellite's orbit
HR DIAGRAMS OF
Course objective 7th
CLUSTERS
To illustrate how HR
- Display the H-R diagrams
diagrams of star clusters
of different clusters of stars. are used to determine the
- Fit theoretical “zero-age
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distances and ages of the
main-sequences” to the
clusters. If desired,
cluster to determine the
students can also measure
distance of the cluster and
the magnitudes and colors
the amount of interstellar
of the cluster stars using a
reddening due to dust
simulated telescope, thus
absorption.
learning how astronomers
- Fit theoretical isochrones to collect the data used to
a cluster to determine the
produce an HR diagram.
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Objectives
age of the cluster.
PHOTOELECTRIC
Course objective 9th - 11th
PHOTOMETRY OF THE
To familiarize students with
PLEIADES
the technique of
- Use a simulated
photoelectric filter
photometer to measure the photometry and counting
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apparent UBV magnitudes
statistics. To acquaint
of stars.
students with the use of a
- Make and compare H-R
computer controlled
diagrams to find the
telescope. To illustrate the
relationship between
use of equatorial
absolute and apparent
coordinates for finding
magnitudes.
stars in a cluster. To
introduce the use of H-R
diagrams for analyzing the
age and distance of
clusters.
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SPECTRAL
Course objective 12th
CLASSIFICATION OF
To introduce students to
STARS
digital spectra and to the
- Take spectra using a
process of classifying
simulated telescope and
different spectra by the
spectrometer.
relative strengths of lines.
- Obtain spectra of good
signal to noise levels and
To familiarize students with
the sequence of spectral
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Objectives
store them for further study. types. To teach how
- Compare these spectra
spectra are obtained. To
with standard spectra of
show how the distance of a
known spectral type.
star can be estimated from
- Recognize prominent
absorption lines in both
its spectrum and a
measurement of its
graphical and photographic apparent magnitude
displays of the spectra.
(spectroscopic parallax).
- Judge the relative strengths To illustrate the need for
of absorption lines from
large-aperture telescopes
measurements and
for the observation of faint
comparisons with standard
objects.
spectra.
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THE MIDTERM EXAM
THE HUBLE REDSHIFT-
Course objective 13th
DISTANCE RELATION
To illustrate how the
- Use a simulated
velocities of galaxies are
spectrometer to acquire
measured using a photon-
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spectra and apparent
counting spectrograph. To
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magnitudes.
show how this information,
- Determine distances using
along with estimates of
apparent and absolute
galaxy distances (from
magnitudes.
their integrated apparent
- Measure Doppler shifted H
magnitudes) yields the
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Objectives
& K lines to determine
classic Hubble redshift-
velocities.
distance relation. To
determine the value of the
Hubble parameter and the
expansion age of the
universe.
THE LARGE SCALE
Course objective 14th
STRUCTURE OF THE
To understand how
UNIVERSE
astronomers use the
- Find galaxies in a restricted redshift-distance relation to
area of the sky using a list
map out the cosmic
compiled by earlier
structure of the galaxies.
observers.
To discover how the
- Take spectra of these
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galaxies in the vicinity of
galaxies using simulated
the Milky Way are
telescopes and
distributed in space. To
spectrometers.
understand how
- Recognize the principal
features of galaxy spectra.
- Measure the wavelengths
of principal spectral lines in
galaxies.
- Calculate the redshift, z,
and the radial velocities of
the galaxies.
astronomers work together
to collect data on many
objects.
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Objectives
- Plot radial velocities and
positions on a wedge
diagram.
- Interpret the distributions of
galaxies you see on the
wedge diagram.
THE SEARCH FOR OBJECT
Course objective 2nd – 4th
X
To allow students to
- Operate CLEA’s simulated
exercise some of the
optical and radio
measurement techniques
telescopes.
they have learned in earlier
- Locate objects using
celestial coordinates.
- Take spectra, images, and
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exercises to identify
unknown objects given
their celestial
photometric
coordinates. To simulate
measurements.
the open-ended discovery
- Recognize the identifying
characteristics of stars,
galaxies, asteroids,
pulsars, and other objects
in the heavens.
- Understand which types of
measurements yield useful
information about celestial
objects.
and analysis techniques of
research astronomers.
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Objectives
Calculate the properties of
celestial objects from
various types of
measurements.
THE PERIOD OF ROTATION Course objective 1st – 4th
OF THE SUN
To introduce students to
- Use CLEA software to
the techniques that
display CCD images of the
astronomers use to
Sun taken by the Gong
measure the rotation rate
Project cameras.
of the sun using images of
- Measure the positions of
sunspots on the pictures.
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sunspots. To introduce
some of the difficulties of
- Understand the relation
using two-dimensional
between the x and y
images to derive three-
positions and spherical
dimensional properties of
coordinates on the curved
celestial objects.
surface of the Sun.
- Determine how fast the
longitude and latitude of
spots on the Sun change.
- Understand the relation
between the angular speed
of a spot and the rotation
rate of the Sun.
- Understand the difference
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Objectives
between the synodic period
of rotation of the Sun and
the sidereal period of
rotation of the Sun.
TRANSITS OF VENUS AND
Course objective 1st – 5th
MERCURY
A bit of history and a bit of
- Use CLEA software to
science! To introduce
display CCD images of the
students to the rare
Sun during transits of
phenomenon of planetary
Venus and Mercury taken
transits (of Venus and
by the GONG Project
Mercury) and to
cameras.
demonstrate the concept of
- Measure the positions of
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parallax. Using modern
the planetary silhouette on
methods---digital images
the pictures.
from sites at various
- Understand the relation
locations on the earth---it is
between the x and y
possible to measure the
positions measured on the
length of the Astronomical
images and a graph of the
Unit with a precision barely
path of the transit across
attainable by much more
the sun.
complex means during the
- Recognize that the paths
as seen from different
observatories are different.
- Recognize why the
previous transits of Venus
in the 19th century.
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Objectives
observations from the
northernmost observatory
appear to cross the sun
further south.
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Understand how parallax
can be used to calculate
distance.
JUPITER'S MOONS AND
Course objective 6th
THE SPEED OF LIGHT
To illustrate the classic
- Observe Jupiter’s Moons
experiment of 1676 in
as they orbit the planet.
which Ole Roemer first
- Recognize eclipses and
record precise times for
of light using timings of
them.
eclipses of Jupiter's moon
- Predict the timing of future
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determined the finite speed
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eclipses of Io by Jupiter
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using the known period of
Io around Jupiter and
observations of the time of
one eclipse.
- Observe eclipses of
Jupiter’s moon Io, once
when it is close to Earth,
and once when it is much
further from Earth (when
Io.
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Objectives
Jupiter is on the opposite
side of the Sun.
DYING STARS AND THE
Course objective 2nd – 3rd
BIRTH OF THE ELEMENTS
and 10th
- Use CLEA software to take To introduce students to
spectra of the supernova
the topic of
remnant
nucleosynthesis through
- Compare the spectra with a the technique of x-ray
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model of that spectrum
spectroscopy of a
using various parameters
supernova remnant.
(abundances, temperature, Produced in collaboration
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absorption)
with the XMM-Newton
Calculate the abundances
office of Education and
of elements in the remnant
Public Outreach, this
exercise uses spectra
taken with the XMMNewton satellite of the
supernova remnant
Cassiopeia A.
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THE HEIGHT OF LUNAR
Course objective 1st – 4th
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MOUNTAINS
To become familiar with
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Measure the height of the
the measurement of
lunar mountains.
positions on digital images.
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Objectives
To understand how the
height of surface features
on the moon is determined
from measurements of the
length of their shadows.
OBSERVATION THE SKY
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Course objective 1st – 2nd
Subject to availability of
resources, and take place
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in the form of a local field
trip where students can
observe the full view of the
Milky Way and where other
faint objects are visible
through the scope.
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THE FINAL EXAM
4. Assessment and homework plan
The SC30415, Advance Astronomy Laboratory, which teaches in the
2nd semester, 2011 has the assessment details as below.
4.1 Assignment
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score
4.2 Reputation
10 score
4.3 Midterm examination
20 score
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4.4 Final examination
20
score
Total100 score
4.1 Assignment (40 score)
LIST
1. RADIO
ASTRONOMY OF
PULSARS
2. ASTROMETRY OF
ASTEROIDS
WOR
K
Perso
nal
Perso
nal
PROVI
DEING
DATE
SENDIN
G DATE
TIME
WORKING
(Hour)
SCO
RE
Week 1
Week 2
1
3
Week 2
Week 3
1
3
Week 3
Week 4
1
3
Week 4
Week 5
1
3
Week 5
Week 6
1
3
Week 6
Week 7
1
3
Week 7
Week 8
1
3
3. RADAR
MEASUREMENT
OF THE ROTATION
RATE OF
Perso
nal
MERCURY
4. THE REVOLUTION
OF THE MOONS
OF JUPITER
5. HR DIAGRAMS OF
CLUSTERS
6. PHOTOELECTRIC
PHOTOMETRY OF
THE PLEIADES
7. SPECTRAL
Perso
nal
Perso
nal
Perso
nal
Perso
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LIST
CLASSIFICATION
WOR
K
PROVI
DEING
DATE
SENDIN
G DATE
TIME
WORKING
(Hour)
SCO
RE
nal
OF STARS
8. THE HUBLE
REDSHIFT-
Perso
DISTANCE
nal
Week 8
Week 9
1
3
Week 9
Week 10
1
3
Week 11
1
3
Week 12
1
4
Week 13
1
3
Week 14
1
3
Week 16
1
3
RELATION
9. THE LARGE
SCALE
STRUCTURE OF
Perso
nal
THE UNIVERSE
10. THE FLOW OF
ENERGY OUT OF
THE SUN
11. THE SEARCH
FOR OBJECT X
12. THE PERIOD OF
ROTATION OF THE
SUN
13. TRANSITS OF
VENUS AND
MERCURY
14. JUPITER'S
MOONS AND THE
Perso
Week
nal
10
Perso
Week
nal
11
Perso
Week
nal
12
Perso
Week
nal
13
Perso
Week
nal
15
20
WOR
LIST
K
PROVI
DEING
DATE
SENDIN
G DATE
TIME
WORKING
(Hour)
SCO
RE
SPEED OF LIGHT
15. DYING STARS
AND THE BIRTH
OF THE
Perso
Week
nal
17
Perso
Week
nal
18
Week 18
1
3
Week 19
1
4
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ELEMENTS
16. THE HEIGHT OF
LUNAR
MOUNTAINS
Total
Note
1. Time for doing an assignment depend on how homework
complicated and also the quantity of it.
2. There are two kinds of works, homework and activities. 16 works
are showed over the table.
3. Laboratories must be done in the class but the activities can be
taken out.
4. There are 16 hours for doing assignments only.
4.2 Reputation (10 score)
The students will be evaluated the reputation in the SC30415,
Advance Astronomy Laboratory, which teaches in the 2nd semester, 2011
as the table below.
Evaluation
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List
Excellent
(5)
Very
good
(4)
Good Moderate
(3)
(2)
Need to
improve
(1)
1. Interaction in the
classroom.
2. Give the
assignment On-time
3. Time Attendance
4. Period of admission.
5. Responsibility
for the operation.
4.3 There is no quizzes.
4.4 Midterm evaluation (20 score)
Midterm exam of the SC30415, Advance Astronomy Laboratory,
which teaches in the 2nd semester, 2011 is on 29 December 2011. 1 hour
is given for the midterm test.
List
Kind of test
score
Theory part
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Radio Astronomy of the pulsars.
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Astrometry of the Asteroids
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Radar measurement of the rotation
rate of mercury
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The revolution of the moons of Jupiter
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HR diagrams of Clusters
Describe and
explain exam
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List
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Kind of test
score
laboratory
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Photoelectric photometry of the
Pleiades
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Spectral classification of stars
Laboratory part by measuring with
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Precision, Significant figures and
Accuracy
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Analysis data
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Error report
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Conclusion
Total
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4.5 Final evaluation (20 score)
Final exam of the SC30415, Advance Astronomy Laboratory, which
teaches in the 2ndsemester, 2011 is on 9 Mach 2012. 1 hour is given for
final test.
List
Kind of test
score
Theory part
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The hubble redshift-distance
relation
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The large scale structure of
the universe
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The search for object X
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The period of rotation of the
sun
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Transits of Venus and
Describe and explain
exam
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mercury
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Jupiter’s Moons and the
speed of light
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Dying stars and the birth of
the elements
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The height of Lunar
mountains
Laboratory part by measuring
with
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Precision, Significant figures
and Accuracy
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Analysis data
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Error report
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Conclusion
laboratory
Total
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