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.
Antirequisite(s)
- Credit for Astrophysics 307 and 507 will not be allowed.
Sections
This course will be offered next in
Winter 2022.