| Lecture | Topic | Reading (by topic #) [Key] | Homework / due date | ||
| # | Date | # / title or topic | |||
| 1 | R 08 Sep | 01. Overview | M 1.1-1.2, 2.1-2.3, 4, 9.6; W 1, 2, Appendix-B; S 17; K 3.1; G 5, 6, 10 | PS-1 distributed | |
| 2 | T 13 Sep | Magnitude systems | |||
| 3 | R 15 Sep | Statistics and errors | |||
| 4 | T 20 Sep | 02. Digital detectors | M 1.3-1.9, 5.1, 5.5, 7-9, 11; W 8 | PS-1 solutions | |
| 5 | R 22 Sep | S/N and NIR arrays | |||
| 6 | T 27 Sep | 03. Telescopes and optics Basics |
M 3, 6.1-6.3; W 3; S 2, 4, 6-9 | PS-2 distributed | |
| 7 | R 29 Sep | Designs-1: Aberrations |
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| 8 | T 04 Oct | Designs-2: WIYN |
PS-2 solutions | ||
| 9 | R 06 Oct | Designs-3: SALT |
PS-3 distributed | ||
| 10 | T 11 Oct | 04. Imaging cameras SALTICAM, RSS, ODI |
M 4.1, 5.1, 7, 9, 10, 11, | Data Characterization Project: asigned | |
| 11 | R 13 Oct | Observing | W-2, Image analysis | PS-3 solutions | |
| T 18 Oct | Midterm-1 exam | ||||
| 12 | R 20 Oct | 05. Spectroscopy-I: Dispersive systems |
M 4.2, 5.2, 6; W 5; S 12, 13, 15; K 4; G 3, 12 | MX-1 hand-out for homework | |
| 13 | T 25 Oct |
Spectroscopy-I: Diffraction gratings |
Bershady 2010 "3D Spectroscopy in Astronomy" | ||
| 14 | R 27 Oct |
Spectroscopy-I: VPHg and novel application |
Burgh et al. 2007, PASP, 119, 1069 | ||
| 15 | T 01 Nov | 06. Spectroscopy-II: Long-slits and ADCs |
MX-1 homework DUE | ||
| 16 | R 03 Nov | Spectroscopy-II: MOS: imaging vs fiber |
Data Characterization Project: DUE | ||
| 17 | T 08 Nov |
Spectroscopy-II: Echelles |
G12 | PS-4 distributed | |
| 18 | R 10 Nov | Spectroscopy-II: WIYN Bench |
Bershady
et al. 2008 Knezek et al. 2010 |
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| 19 | T 15 Nov | Spectroscopy-II: SALT RSS |
PS-4 solutions | ||
| 20 | R 17 Nov | 07. Spectroscopy-III: Interferometry: FPS |
PS-5 distributed | ||
| 21 | T 22 Nov | Spectroscopy-III: Interferometry: SHS |
M 5.4; W 5; S 13; K 4; G 2, 12 | Spectrograph Design Project: assigned | |
| R 24 Nov | TNX | ||||
| 22 | T 29 Nov | 08. 3D spectroscopy: Fiber coupling |
Bershady 2010 "3D Spectroscopy in Astronomy" | PS-5 solutions | |
| 23 | R 01 Dec | 3D spectroscopy: Lenslets and slicers |
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| 24 | T 06 Dec | 3D spectroscopy :
Current |
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| 25 | R 08 Dec | 3D spectroscopy :
Future |
Spectrograph Design Project: DUE using this format: [docx], [pdf] | ||
| T 13 Dec | Midterm-3 exam | ||||