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Physics and Astronomy

ASTR278 - Advanced Astronomy

Assignments

Assignment 1, due 5 September at 5pm and solutions

Assignment 5, due 11 Nov (i.e. assignment 4, but the 5th assesment task including the essay) and solutions

Course material

Material will be posted here for downloading throughout semester. Remember that along with the lecture slides, links and handouts, the following references from the Unit Guide are most useful as optional textbooks:

Observational Astrophysics by Robert C. Smith, Cambridge University Press (1995)

Astrophysical Techniques, C R Kitchin, Institute of Physics Publishing (2003) 

Lecture 1 Slides (Detecting EM Radiation pt 1)

Lecture 2 Slides (Detecting EM Radiation pt 2)

Lecture 3 Slides (Radio Astronomy)

Tutorial 1 Questions and  Answers

Lecture 4 Slides (Radio and Optical Interferometry)

Lecture 5 Slides (Telescope Optics) - JL Lecture 1

Tutorial 2 Questions and  Answers

Lecture 6 Slides (Image Formation) - JL Lecture 2

Lecture 7 Slides (Atmospheric Effects) - JL Lecture 3

Lecture 8 Slides (Adaptive Optics)

 Lectures 9 to 12 on Quentin Parker's webpage (his lectures 12 to 15)

Lecture 13 Slides (Resolution and Contrast Limits)

Lecture 14 Slides (Speckle Interferometry and Aperture Masking)

Lecture 15 Slides (High Contrast Imaging and Coronagraphy)

Lecture 16 Slides (Planet Search at High Contrast)

Lectures 17 to 28 on Quentin Parker's webpage (his lectures 1,2,3,17,18,6,7,8,9,10)

[i.e. everything on this webpage was covered, except for lectures 4,5 and 11]

Quentin Parker's Lecture on Coordinate Systems.

Quentin Parker's Lecture on Filters and Photometry.

 JL Lecture 4 Slides (Imaging Instruments)

 JL Lecture 5 Slides (Basics of a spectrometer)

 JL Lecture 6 Slides (Astronomical spectographs)

 JL Lecture 7 Slides (Optical fibres in astronomy)

 JL Lecture 8 Slides (Astrophotonics)

 JL Lecture 9 Slides (Antarctic astronomy)

 Some Additional Helpful Background Notes

Astronomy background from a 3rd year course Mike previously taught.

Notes on geometric optics from Tipler

Notes on atmospheric effects from Bely

Notes on telescope optics from Bely

Notes on instrumentation from Bely

 

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