310266 (v.1) Astronomy 202

Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Credits:	25.0
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.
Laboratory:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Workshop:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	12994 (v.3) Astronomy 201 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):	7063 (v.6) Mathematics 102 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Observational astrophysics, the scale of the universe, the nature of the observables. Spherical trigonometry; celestial sphere; horizontal and equatorial, ecliptic and galactic coordinates. Sidereal, solar, universal time (UT) and atomic time, calendars,Julian dates. Reflectors, refractors, radio dishes, mounts, aberration, distortion. History, constellations, catalogues, refraction, aberration, parallax, nutation, precession, astrometry, mean and apparent coordinates, www resources. Intensity, flux density, luminosity, surface brightness, apparent and absolute magnitudes, filter systems, extinction, atmospheric seeing, absorption. The eye, photography, charged coupled detectors (CCD), photomultipliers, radio detetctors. Measurements, aperture photometry, CCD processing, counting statistics and signal-to-noise ratios, visualisation, filters. Blackbody radiation, ionisation, Hertsprung-Russell diagram (H-R diagram), spectrographs, elementary spectral analysis, spectral classifications. Introductory radio astronomy.
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Field of Education:	010303 Astronomy
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Categorised *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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