ASTRO 500

Techniques of Modern Observational Astrophysics

• Syllabus / Course Outline

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• SCHEDULE-2022:   readings, lecture notes, problem sets and projects

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• Problems sets
  • Set 1 - distributed: 08 Sep
    • solutions
  • Set 2 - distributed: 27 Sep
    • solutions
  • Set 3 - distributed: 06 Oct
    • solutions
  • Set 4 - distributed: 08 Nov
    • solutions
  • Set 5 - distributed: 17 Nov
    • solutions

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• Projects
  • Detector Characterization:   DUE 03 Nov
  • Spectrograph Design:           DUE 08 Dec using this format: [docx], [pdf]

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• Midterm eXams: in class
  • MX-1:    18 Oct
  • MX-2:    13 Dec