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** [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/ Simbad] | ** [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/ Simbad] | ||
** [http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/aladin.gml Aladin] | ** [http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/aladin.gml Aladin] | ||
** [https://www.calsky.com/ Calsky] | |||
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== Week 5 (September | == Week 5 (September 16) == | ||
* Telescopes continued from last week as needed | * Telescopes continued from last week as needed | ||
* Examples: Epsilon Lyrae (Double Double) see [https://www.astro.louisville.edu/shared_skies/archive/select/stars/lyra/epsilon_lyrae/20060909/ https://www.astro.louisville.edu/shared_skies/archive/select/stars/lyra/epsilon_lyrae/20060909/] | |||
== Week 6 (September 23) == | |||
* Clear weather tonight possible (Monday) and the coming weekend | |||
* Roundtable discussion about project ideas (bring your own) such as | |||
** Jupiter imaging (must be done soon) | |||
** Bright star photometry (examples are some TESS candidates and zeta Andromedae now) | |||
** Use of latest CMOS color sensors for photometry | |||
** Other TESS candidates (TESS is currently observing the northern sky) | |||
** Variable stars in the TESS public data | |||
** Comets [http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html] | |||
** Supernovae [http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html] | |||
** Anything in Orion (visible after midnight now) | |||
** Geosynchronous (GEO) satellites (where, when, optical variability) | |||
** Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites (wide field camera, untracked) | |||
** Near-Earth objects | |||
** Mercury transit on November 11 (with an exoplanet transit at night backup) | |||
** Other selected targets in either hemisphere, your choice | |||
To continue this week and next as time allows | |||
* [https://www.astro.louisville.edu/software/astroimagej/index.html AstroImageJ] | * [https://www.astro.louisville.edu/software/astroimagej/index.html AstroImageJ] | ||
** Installation | ** Installation | ||
** Use with simple images | ** Use with simple images | ||
** Photometry | ** Photometry | ||
** Advanced concepts | ** Advanced concepts | ||
** Examples: Jupiter see [https://www.astro.louisville.edu/shared_skies/archive/select/planets/jupiter/20140313/ https://www.astro.louisville.edu/shared_skies/archive/select/planets/jupiter/20140313/] | |||
** Examples: TESS data and followup with ground-based observations | |||
== Week 7 (September 30) == | |||
* Continued discussion of research and optical astronomy data | |||
== Week 8 (October 7) == | |||
* Fall break | |||
== Week 9 (October 14) == | |||
* Final organization of research topics (revised 2019-10-21) | |||
** Natalie Warning - Geosynchronous satellites | |||
** Shawn Knabel, Dominic Smith, Travis Waters - TESS exoplanets | |||
** Michael Turner - TESS and expolanets | |||
** Christopher Anderson - Orion star formation | |||
** Benjamin Kantardzic- TESS and exoplanets | |||
** Dylan Scharff - Supernovae | |||
* Exoplanet transit photometry of a TESS candidate | |||
** Full frame images | |||
** Candidates | |||
** Validation - night of October 13, 2019 | |||
== Week 10 (October 21) == | |||
* Research by topic | |||
** TESS and exoplanets | |||
*** Travis Waters, Shawn Knabel, Dominic Smith, Michael Turner, Ben Kantardzic | |||
** Supernovae | |||
*** Dylan Scharff | |||
** Orion star formation | |||
*** Chris Andersen | |||
** Geosynchronous satellites | |||
*** Natalie Warning | |||
* This week at Moore Observatory | |||
** Tuesday night likely clear | |||
** Wednesday night long range partly cloudy | |||
** Sunday night long range favorable | |||
* Noise in signals | |||
** Gaussian random processes, photons, and Poisson noise | |||
** Assessing sources of systematic error and noise in photometry | |||
== Week 11 (October 28) == | |||
* Stellar spectra | |||
* Radial velocities | |||
== Week 12 (November 4) == | |||
* Latest data on GEO satellites and TESS targets | |||
** See [https://www.calsky.com/] | |||
* Determining planetary mass from spectra | |||
** See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_spectroscopy Doppler Spectoscopy] in Wikipedia | |||
== Week 13 (November 11) == | |||
* Transit of Mercury!! | |||
** Viewing in the planetarium garden area if it is clear | |||
** See [https://www.space.com/mercury-transit-2019-viewing-guide.html Viewing guide] | |||
== Week 14 (November 18) == | |||
* Use of AstroImageJ to analyze data | |||
* Project data on our server at [https://www.astro.louisville.edu/shared_skies/archive/astrolab/ https://www.astro.louisville.edu/shared_skies/archive/astrolab/] | |||
If time available -- | |||
* High spatial resolution imaging | |||
** Lucky imaging | |||
** Adaptive optics | |||
** Role in exoplanet discovery | |||
** Interferometry present and future | |||
== Week 15 (November 25) == | |||
* Presentations of projects |
Revision as of 22:51, 19 November 2019
These notes are brief summaries and links for the in-class content for the Monday class meetings of the Fall Semester 2019.
Week 1 (August 19)
- Orientation to the class
- Purpose, activities, outcomes
- Visiting the observatory
- Remote observing
- Semester projects
- Facilities and research
- On-line with Mt. Kent live session
Week 2 (August 26)
- What we observe
- Position and celestial coordinates
- Flux and magnitude
- What we infer
- Distance
- Size
- Luminosity
- Composition
- Evolution
- Useful tools for access to data
Week 3 (September 2)
- Labor Day holiday
Week 4 (September 9)
- Telescopes
- Basic concepts of optical telescope design
- Light gathering function
- Focal plane scale
- Angular resolution and point spread function
- Detectors and filters
- Visit to the Planetarium
- Solar projection telescope
- Solar imaging in hydrogen alpha light
Week 5 (September 16)
- Telescopes continued from last week as needed
- Examples: Epsilon Lyrae (Double Double) see https://www.astro.louisville.edu/shared_skies/archive/select/stars/lyra/epsilon_lyrae/20060909/
Week 6 (September 23)
- Clear weather tonight possible (Monday) and the coming weekend
- Roundtable discussion about project ideas (bring your own) such as
- Jupiter imaging (must be done soon)
- Bright star photometry (examples are some TESS candidates and zeta Andromedae now)
- Use of latest CMOS color sensors for photometry
- Other TESS candidates (TESS is currently observing the northern sky)
- Variable stars in the TESS public data
- Comets http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html
- Supernovae http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html
- Anything in Orion (visible after midnight now)
- Geosynchronous (GEO) satellites (where, when, optical variability)
- Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites (wide field camera, untracked)
- Near-Earth objects
- Mercury transit on November 11 (with an exoplanet transit at night backup)
- Other selected targets in either hemisphere, your choice
To continue this week and next as time allows
- AstroImageJ
- Installation
- Use with simple images
- Photometry
- Advanced concepts
- Examples: Jupiter see https://www.astro.louisville.edu/shared_skies/archive/select/planets/jupiter/20140313/
- Examples: TESS data and followup with ground-based observations
Week 7 (September 30)
- Continued discussion of research and optical astronomy data
Week 8 (October 7)
- Fall break
Week 9 (October 14)
- Final organization of research topics (revised 2019-10-21)
- Natalie Warning - Geosynchronous satellites
- Shawn Knabel, Dominic Smith, Travis Waters - TESS exoplanets
- Michael Turner - TESS and expolanets
- Christopher Anderson - Orion star formation
- Benjamin Kantardzic- TESS and exoplanets
- Dylan Scharff - Supernovae
- Exoplanet transit photometry of a TESS candidate
- Full frame images
- Candidates
- Validation - night of October 13, 2019
Week 10 (October 21)
- Research by topic
- TESS and exoplanets
- Travis Waters, Shawn Knabel, Dominic Smith, Michael Turner, Ben Kantardzic
- Supernovae
- Dylan Scharff
- Orion star formation
- Chris Andersen
- Geosynchronous satellites
- Natalie Warning
- TESS and exoplanets
- This week at Moore Observatory
- Tuesday night likely clear
- Wednesday night long range partly cloudy
- Sunday night long range favorable
- Noise in signals
- Gaussian random processes, photons, and Poisson noise
- Assessing sources of systematic error and noise in photometry
Week 11 (October 28)
- Stellar spectra
- Radial velocities
Week 12 (November 4)
- Latest data on GEO satellites and TESS targets
- See [1]
- Determining planetary mass from spectra
- See Doppler Spectoscopy in Wikipedia
Week 13 (November 11)
- Transit of Mercury!!
- Viewing in the planetarium garden area if it is clear
- See Viewing guide
Week 14 (November 18)
- Use of AstroImageJ to analyze data
- Project data on our server at https://www.astro.louisville.edu/shared_skies/archive/astrolab/
If time available --
- High spatial resolution imaging
- Lucky imaging
- Adaptive optics
- Role in exoplanet discovery
- Interferometry present and future
Week 15 (November 25)
- Presentations of projects