This course is composed of a 3-hr lecture and additional compulsory lab-work of 2 hr (minimum) per week.
The topics treated include:
– The Celestial Sphere
– Telescopes
– Solar observations
– Observations of the Moon, planets and their satellites
– Recognizing Constellations and Celestial objects
– Measuring Astronomical Distances I (The Hyades open cluster)
– Measuring Astronomical Distances II (The M15 globular cluster and the H-R diagram)
– Measuring Astronomical Distances III (galaxies)
– Photometry (photographic and CCD)
– Classification of Galaxies (using the Palomar atlas)