Physics 3180: Observational Astrophysics

B.Sc. in Physics

  Physics 1020
  Physics 1021
  Physics 1050
  Physics 1051
  Physics 2053
  Physics 2056
  Physics 2151
  Physics 2400
  Physics 2553
  Physics 2820
  Physics 3060
  Physics 3160
  Physics 3180
  Physics 3220
  Physics 3820
  ES 2150
  EnvS 2430
  EnvS 2450

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 This course will be offered in Fall Term 2013.

Theoretical topics including celestial mechanics, continuous and line spectra, stellar structure and nucleosynthesis, and stellar evolution.  Observational topics include planning observations, acquisition of images with a CCD electronic camera, fundamentals of astronomical image processing, photometry, and stellar spectroscopy using a variety of software packages.

Physics 3180 is an upper year physics/astronomy course with mathematics & physics prerequisites: Physics 2056 and Mathematics 2000. Physics 2151 is recommended.

Some projects will be done with the Grenfell Observatory telescope and its instruments, and will require students' participation at nightime observing sessions.

Instructor: Dr. Douglas Forbes Office: AS 3028 Phone: 637-6295 E-Mail: dforbes at grenfell dot mun dot ca Text: To Measure the Sky: An Introduction to Observational Astronomy, Frederick R. Chromey  (2010, Cambridge University Press)

Course Outline:

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