765640S
Observational Astronomy
an advanced course (5 credits)
at the Space Physics and Astronomy research unit, University of Oulu
The course period is September 2 – October 28, 2024.
Lectures take place usually on Tuesday at 14-16 and Wednesday at 12-14,
exercises and practical sessions on Thursday at 14-16, see Peppi for detail.
The course is lectured in English
Teacher: Vitaly Neustroev, MA 308, vitaly[-at-]neustroev.net
Assistent: Paula Kvist, paula.kvist [-at-] oulu.fi
Course content:
- Methods of Observations with modern Space- and Ground- based Telescopes
- Observational Techniques in Gamma, X-ray, UV, Optical and Infra-Red astronomy
- Observational Experiments, Calibrations And Data Reductions
- Data Analysis
Theoretical and practical considerations will be supplemented with the home exercises which constitute the important part of the course.
Literature:
- 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
- ISSI Scientific Report Volume 9 (SR-009): Observing Photons in Space (2010) – Edited by M.C.E. Huber, A. Pauluhn, J. Len Culhane, J. G. Timothy, K. Wilhelm and A. Zehnder. ISBN 978-92-9221-938-3.
- Observational Astronomy (Second Edition – 2006) – D. Scott Birney, Guillermo Gonzalez & David Oesper: Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-521-85370-5.
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Practical manuals:
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