PHYS-381 Observational Astronomy
Topics include theoretical foundations of
observational astronomy, designs of telescopes,
instrumentation for telescopes, data acquisition
management, and analysis as well as celestial
coordinates systems, spherical triangle, star
charts and catalogue, concept of time including
sidereal time, light, instruments such as
telescopes, detectors, spectroscopes, Also
discussed are atmospheric and interstellar medium
effects on star light, astrometry, variable stars,
stellar evolution, Hertz sprung-Russell Diagrams.
Laboratory work is included with trips to local
observatories and remote data taking at other
observatories.
Prerequisite
PHYS-152 and PHYS-153