Aim of the course is an introduction to astronomical techniques: optical telescopes, radioastronomy and astronomical spectroscopy. Astronomical issues, instrumental techniques and data analysis will be described. Visits to astronomical observatories and observations at the national telescope TNG are foreseen.
Lecture notes
Hecht, Optics
Rohlfs, Tools of radioastronomy
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired: the bases of astrophysical techniques: optical telescopes, radio astronomy, CCDs and spectroscopy.
Competence acquired:use of a telescope and of focal plane instrumentation. Image data reduction.
Skills acquired: use of astronomical instrumentation and astronomical data analysis.
Prerequisites
Astronomy
Laboratory of Optics
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Observations at a telescope facility
Data analysis in a computation facility
Further information
Travel to La Palma, Canaries is planned, to visit the astronomical facilities and to perform dedicated observations at the TNG
Type of Assessment
Report on ""Testing the Hubble Law""
Oral examination
Course program
Astronomical telescope: fundamentals, diffraction from an aperture and seeing.
Radioastronomy: radio sources and emission processes, antennas and interferometry.
Astronomical spectroscopy: instrumentation, solid state detectors, spectrum formation. Astronomical images data analysis.Test of Hubble Law by means of observations at the TNG observatory.