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):	8142 (v.4) Physics 201 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.
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*:	Not Categorised *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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Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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