Introduction: Observing Projects in the Context of ASTR 511 (HTML)

1. Introduction to UVOIR Astronomy (HTML)

• 1-A. Non-EM Channels

• 1-B. Tips for Success in Observational Astronomy (HTML)

2. The Electromagnetic Spectrum

• 2-A. EM Spectrum: Discovery & Diagnostics (HTML)

• 2-B. Major Facilities (All Bands) (HTML)

3. Astrophysical Sources (HTML)

4. Radiative Transfer & Simple Applications

5. Interactive Computing & Image Processing (HTML)

• Journal file for classroom IDL demonstrations

6. Statistics of Observations

• Poisson Distribution (Mean 3)

• Poisson & Gaussian Distributions (Mean 30)

• Journal file for classroom demo of sampling statistics

7. UVOIR Flux Measurements and Signal-to-Noise Ratios

8. Spectroscopy

9. Fiber-Fed Spectrographs (Jeff Crane, guest lecture) (HTML)

10. State of the Art Spectrographs (HTML)

11. CCD's in Astronomy (HTML)

12. Exposure Time Estimation

13. Point Spread Functions

14. Magnitude and Color Systems

• Bibliography for Stellar Photometry & Spectroscopy

• SED for Vega [IDL ASCII save file]

15. Multicolor Analysis of Stars & Galaxies

16. Telescopes (HTML)

• 16-A. Telescope Optical Design (HTML)

• 16-B. LBT Construction Images (HTML)

17. Astronomical Polarimetry (David McDavid, guest lecture) (HTML)

18. Infrared Astronomy (Mike Skrutskie, guest lecture) (HTML)

19. Ultraviolet (& Space) Astronomy (HTML)

20. UIT and the Astro Missions (HTML)

21. Atmospheric Degradation & Compensation (HTML)