PHYS 6400 Astronomy by Sight

The Observational Astronomy course is designed to teach students the skills to become a
successful astronomer at the beginner level. These skills are known to all astronomers, professional and amateur alike and will introduce them also to advanced techniques of data acquisition and analysis. Learn more.

Topics covered are:
1. Assembly configuration: CCD telescope focal reductor, focal-guidance, etc.
2. Mount stationing.
3. CCD controller configuration
4. CCD alignment.
5. Celestial chart configuration.
6. Computerized controllers.
7. Procedures manual, object localization and image sequencing.
8 Images calibration and processing.
9. Differential Photometry.
10. Relative Astrometry.