Observational Astrophysics Laboratory 1100-3A14
- Preparation for observations at the Ostrowik Station of the Astronomical Observatory
-- Statistics of light curves using the awk program
-- folding and drawing the light curves
-- Introduction to data vizualization with the Python language
-- European Southern Observatory Archive
-- Spectroscopic classification of supernovae
-- Simple tasks on the basics of astronomy
-- reductions of CCD images from the Ostrowik 60-cm telescope
Main fields of studies for MISMaP
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: Students understand how to perform astronomical observations and reductions, classify supernovae, and transient phenomena. They understand how to use rich online archives. They understand how to process and visualize observation results.
Skills: The student is able to independently perform astronomical observations and reductions, classify supernovae and transient phenomena, use rich network archives, and process and visualize observation results.
Assessment criteria
Multiple choice test to test acquired skills.
Bibliography
Astronomical journals. Descriptions of standard software used in observational astronomy.