12994 (v.3) Astronomy 201

Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork:	2 x 5 Hours Once-only
Anti Requisite(s):	310266 (v.1) Astronomy 202 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):	8142 (v.4) Physics 201 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Background: observational astrophysics, scale of the universe, nature of the observables. Coordinate systems: spherical trigonometry, celestial sphere, horizontal, equatorial, ecliptic and galactic coordinates. Time: sidereal, solar, universal time (UT) and atomic time, calendars and Julian date. Positional measurements: history, constellations, catalogues, refraction, aberration, parallax, nutation, precession, astrometry, mean and apparent coordinates. Photometry: intensity, flux density, luminosity, surface brightness, apparent and absolute magnitudes, filter systems, extinction, atmospheric seeing and absorption. Image processing: measurements, aperture photometry, chargged-coupled device (CCD) processing, counting statistics and signal-to-noise ratios, visualisation and filters. Detectors - the eye, photography, CCDs, photomultipliers. Telescopes - reflectors, refractors, mounts, aberration and distortion. Spectroscopy - blackbody radiation, ionisation, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (H-R diagram), spectrographs, elementary spectral analysis and classifications. Radio astronomy: antennae, beam patterns, detectors, bandwidth and interferometers.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	010303 Astronomy
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

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Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External