767300A / 767600S
Observational astronomy – II
an intermediate & advanced course (5 credits)
at the Astronomy research unit, University of Oulu
The course period January 11 – February 25, 2019
Lectures, exercises and practical sessions take place in YL 124, see WebOODI for detail.
The course is lectured in English
Teacher: Vitaly Neustroev, MA 302, ph. 029448-1930, vitaly[-at-]neustroev.net
Course content:
The course is dedicated to teaching the reduction of various types of observations obtained with different telescopes and instruments, and to core methods of the following analysis of these data.
Literature:
- My course “Observational Astronomy – I”
- Astrophysical techniques (5th Edition – 2008) – C.R. Kitchen: Taylor & Francis / CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-8243-2.
- Observational Astrophysics (3rd Edition – 2012) – P. Léna, D. Rouan, F. Lebrun, F. Mignard, D. Pelat, Translated by S. Lyle: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-21815-6.
- An Introduction to Astronomical Photometry Using CCDs (October 22, 2006) – W. Romanishin: the latest version of this book can be downloaded from here
- IRAF-1 by S. Larsen
- IRAF-2 by T. Coenen and Y. Grange
- Spectral Reduction Procedures by Mike Bolte
Theory:
Practical manuals:
Schedule
- January 11: Introduction PDF
- February 11: CCD Gain PDF
- February 18: Spectral Reduction Procedures PDF
A good description by Mike Bolte: PDF