12994 (v.2) Astronomy 201


 

Area:Department of Applied Physics
Contact Hours:5.0
Credits:12.5
Lecture:1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork:2 x 5 Hours Once-only
Prerequisite(s):1737 (v.3) Particles and Waves 101 or any previous version
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1744 (v.3) Structure of Matter 102 or any previous version
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7318 (v.5) Astronomy 101 or any previous version
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7329 (v.5) Planetary Science 101 or any previous version
Background - Observational astrophysics, scale of the universe, nature of the observables. Co-ordinate Systems - Spherical trigonometry, celestial sphere, horizontal, equatorial, ecliptic and galactic coordinates. Time - sideral, solar, UT and atomic time, calendars, 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, absorption. Image Processing - measurements, apeture photometry, CCD processing, counting statistics and signal-to-noise ratios, visualisation, filters. Detectors - theyeye, photography, CCDs, photomultipliers. Telescopes - reflectors, refractors, mounts, aberration, distortion. Spectroscopy - blackbody radiation, ionisation, H-R diagram, spectrographs, elementary spectral analysis, classifications. Radio Astronomy - antennae, beam patterns, detectors, bandwidth, interferometers.
YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2003Bentley CampusSemester 1Y  

 

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