- Docente: Paola Focardi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: FIS/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Astronomy (cod. 8004)
Learning outcomes
To become acquainted with basic and fundamental knowledge concerning astronomical data acquisition, handling and reduction.
Course contents
Basics of statistics concerning astronomical quantities estimates
and associated errors.
Basics of astronomy concerning: magnitude, surface brightness, S/N,
limiting magnitude.CCD standard calibrations.
Detection and photometry of isolated stars, stars in crowded
fields, galaxies, faint stars and galaxies.
Single and multi object spectroscopy. Long slit spectroscopy.
Spectrophotometric calibrations.
Readings/Bibliography
Howell S.B.: Handbook of CCD Astronomy, Cambridge Univ.
Press.
Lecture slides are made available at the teacher personal
home page (http://gbm.bo.astro.it/paola/didattica/did.html)
Teaching methods
The concepts are made clear through practical exemplifications.
Several
problems are proposed and solved together. Using astronomical
data reduction software (IRAF) simple image and spectra
reduction is performed.
Assessment methods
Oral examination.
Teaching tools
Video Projector and PC.
Office hours
See the website of Paola Focardi