Course Synopses

Lec. 1.5 hrs., lab. 1.5 hrs. Prerequisites: (01:750:341 or 342) and 01:750:345. Students with significant prior experience programming in Python, C++, or a similar language) should contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for pre-req over-ride.

 Introduction to the tools and techniques of observational astronomy across the electromagnetic spectrum and to their application in the context of current research in astrophysics. Extended projects offer each student an opportunity to work with astronomical data from at least two wavelength regimes (among radio, optical/infrared, and X-ray), and in the two core modes of astronomical observations (imaging and spectroscopy).