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Department of Astronomy

Anthony H. Gonzalez
Associate Professor
318 Bryant SSC
(352) 392-2052 x233
anthony@astro.ufl.edu

Office hours
Thursdays: 2:45-4:00

Techniques of Observational Astronomy II (AST 4723)

Course Overview

AST 4723 focuses upon practical application of the principles and techniques learned in AST 3722. Students in this course will learn to use professional astronomical software and will gain experience reducing and analyzing photometric and spectroscopic data sets. The course includes both lectures and labs.

Syllabus

Class Room: BRT 03
Class Periods and Times: Tuesday Period 7 (1:55-2:45 pm)
Lab Locations: BRT 07
Lab Periods and Times: Thursday 10-E3 (5:10-10:10 pm)
Office Hours for Anthony Gonzalez: Tuesday, 2:45-4:00pm
Office Hours for David Vollbach: Wednesday, 1:00-2:30pm

Required materials: A bound lab notebook. Please bring your notebook to lab every week.

Suggested References:
            Linux in a Nutshell (Siever)
            Linux Pocket Guide (Barrett)
            Fundamentals of Astronomy (Barbieri; chapters 16-17)
            Practical IDL Programming (Gumley)

Grading Policy:
            25% Tutorials and Lab Exercises
            10% Imaging and Photometry Lab
            10% Spectroscopy Lab
              5% TAC Review
            50% Independent Projects

**For additional details please look at the hardcopy of the syllabus distributed in class.

Preliminary Schedule for Lectures and Labs (subject to change)

Information for Independent Projects

Independent Project Proposal Form
Sample Real Observing Proposal