2024-2025 University Catalog
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ASTR 312 - Astronomical Techniques
A laboratory course introducing students to basic astronomical observations, methods of data acquisition and reduction using the university’s 16-inch telescope, CCD electronic camera, and image-processing workstation. Students are instructed in methods of astronomical imaging including detector calibration and atmospheric effects; in fundamentals of photometric reductions, including obtaining a light curve for a selected variable star; and in astronomical spectroscopy and spectral classification.
Credits: 1.00
When Offered: Fall semester only, in alternate years
Corequisite:
Prerequisites: or or or
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: None
Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Liberal Arts Practices: Quantitative and Algorithmic Reasoning
Core Component: None
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