Description

A calculus-based introduction to observational astronomy, with topics including astronomical time and coordinate systems, telescope design, CCD detectors, photometric and spectroscopic instrumentation, statistics and error analysis, and image processing techniques. The laboratory component will involve two projects at the Campus Observatory with data reduction and analysis using state-of-the-art software, as well as sky awareness and other topics in observational astronomy.

Lecture Hours: 2.00 Lab Hours: 2.00Total Hours: 3.00