Lectures and practical laboratory sessions in observational astronomy. Students will collect, reduce, and interpret astronomical data, develop an understanding of telescopes, instruments, and detectors; reduction and analysis methods; simulations and model fitting; data and error analysis. Observations will be carried out at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory and/or the main campus.
This course may not be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s)
- Astrophysics 213; Physics 211 or 221 or 227, or Engineering 202 and Physics 255 or 259 or 323. Also known as: (formerly Astrophysics 507)
SyllabusSections
This course will be offered next in
Fall 2017.