Author ORCID Identifier(s)

Jack C. Straton 0000-0003-4548-5235

Document Type

Dataset

Publication Date

2025

Subjects

Astronomy -- Laboratory exercises, Windows 11+ (Computer), Project CLEA

Abstract

Project CLEA -- CONTEMPORARY LABORATORY EXPERIENCES IN ASTRONOMY -- develops laboratory exercises that illustrate modern astronomical techniques using digital data and color images.

These Labs were developed for 32-bit Windows machines but PSU student Itan Altamirano reconfigured installation programs to bypass steps that ask for DVDs and allowing these 32-bit programs to work on 64-bit Windows 11+ computers.

Description

Original files at: http://public.gettysburg.edu/~marschal/clea/

To download CLEA Labs data sets that will work on Intel Macintosh computers prior to about 2017, please visit the following PDXScholar records: CLEA Labs for Stellar and Cosmological Astronomy Bottled for Macintosh and CLEA Labs for Planetary Astronomy Bottled for Macintosh.

Here’s how to get started:

  1. Download the ZIP file and locate it in your Downloads folder.
  2. Right-click the ZIP file and select “Extract All” to unzip it.
  3. Once extracted, open the folder named "CLEA_VIREO Windows Bundle 11".
  4. Inside, run the installer for "Visual Basic 6.0 Plus 2.2" to set up the required program.

To start the programs:

CLEA XMM:

  1. Open the CLEA folder.
  2. Double-click the CLEA_XMM file.
  3. A blank prompt will appear—type 1 and press Enter to launch the program.
  4. Open the VIREO folder.
  5. Scroll down and double-click CEA_VEO.exe.

VIREO:

  • Again, when the blank prompt window appears, type 1 and press Enter to log in.

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44271

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