Courses Topics

As explained in the Course Description, there is no suitable textbook for this course. Therefore, the material covered in class is also collected here.

Methods of Astronomy, 21 September
Functions of the Telescope, 22 September
Refracting Telescopes, 22 September
Reflecting Telescopes, 8 November
Telescope Aberrations, 15 November
Hybrid Telescopes, 7 December
Solar Telescopes, 7 December
Telescope Mounts, 7 December
Celestial Coordinates, 16 February
Astronomical Distances, 5 March
Astronomical Magnitudes, 22 March
Colours and Standard Magnitude Systems, 22 March
Atmospheric Extinction, 12 April

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