Astronomical Laboratory - ASTR:4850 - Fall 2015

Schedule

Click on the topic description to download the pdf for that lecture or laboratory exercise.
The reading and assignments are from Handbook of CCD Astronomy, second edition, by Steve B. Howell.


Laboratories
Dates
Topic
Reading
Assignment
8/24
Introduction to CCDs, CCDs and Plate scale 1-1.2, 2-2.1, 2.4, 4.1
1-4, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-21 due 9/3
8/31
Introduction to Python


9/7
Labor day


9/14
Stellar photometry and astrometry - observations
3.1-3.9 3-7, 3-8, 3-13, 3-14 due 9/14
9/21 Readout noise and dark current 4.3-4.5, 5.1, 5.4 4-1, 4-13, 4-14 due 9/21
9/28 Signal to noise
5.1-5.2, 5.4-5.5 5-1, 5-3, 5-6 due 9/28
10/5
Stellar photometry 5.3, 5.7
5-8, 5-12, 5-14 due 10/5
10/12
Stellar spectroscopy - observations 6.1-6.5 6-4, 6-8, 6-14 due 10/12
10/19
Spectroscopy in the lab 6.6, 6.7
6-16 pick the WFC3 grisms on HST
10/26 Astrometry 5.8, 5.9 5-16 due 10/26
11/2
Project status presentations

11/9
Stellar spectroscopy 7.1-7.4 7-1, 7-2, 7-3 due 11/9
11/16
Work day, first draft project reports due


11/23
Thanksgiving break


11/30
Project work day


12/7
Project presentations