SESE - the School of Earth and Space Exploration / CLAS - the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences / Arizona State University /
Class Curriculum & Schedule - this is the OLD schedule from 2006
It is expected that all reading assignments for each class (colored light blue below) will be completed by each student before the class meets, so the instructor can assume each student is already familiar with many of the concepts involved.
Class Syllabus: PDF (14 KB)
Jansen CCD Syllabus: PDF (48 KB)
| Class | Date | Topic | Instructor |
Class Notes |
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| 1 | 8/21 | Theory of Telescopes | pp 44-68 |
[PDF] 1 MB |
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| 2 | 8/23 | Theory of Telescopes (2) | ||||
| 8/25 | No Class | |||||
| 3 | 8/28 | Telescope Designs | pp 68-103 |
[PDF] 2.4 MB |
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| 4 | 8/30 | Telescope Designs (2) | ||||
| 5 | 9/1 | Real World Telescopes | [PDF] 1.9 MB |
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| 9/4 | No Class | |||||
| 6 | 9/6 | Theory of Digital Imaging & Detectors | pp 1-44 |
[PDF] 1.0 MB |
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| 7 | 9/8 | Theory of Digital Imaging & Detectors (2) | ||||
| 8 | 9/11 | Introduction to CCDs | pp 1-35 |
[PDF] 0.8 MB |
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| 9 | 9/13 | Introduction to CCDs (2) | ||||
| 10 | 9/15 | Theory of Digital Imaging & Detectors (3) | ||||
| 11 | 9/18 | Low Intensity Photon Detection & Statistics | [PDF] 0.8 MB |
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| 12 | 9/20 | CMOS Detectors | [PDF] 1.5 MB |
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| 13 | 9/22 | Characterization of CCDs | pp 36-65 |
[PDF] 1.5 MB |
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| 14 | 9/25 | Astronomical Signals and Noise | pp 66-101 |
[PDF] 0.5 MB |
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| 15 | 9/27 | Looking Through the Earth's Atmosphere | [PDF] 268 KB |
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| 16 | 9/29 | Astronomical Observations with CCDs | pp 102-134 |
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| 17 | 10/2 | Photometric Systems | [PDF] 794 KB |
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| 18 | 10/4 | Practical Example of CCD Image Analysis | [PDF] 1.3 MB |
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| 10/6 | Review | |||||
| 10/9 | Class Mid-Term Exam (in class) | |||||
| 19 | 10/11 | Practical Example of CCD Image Analysis (2) | ||||
| 20 | 10/13 | Practical Example of CCD Image Analysis (3) | ||||
| 21 | 10/16 | Introduction to Image Processing - IRAF | [PDF] 178 KB |
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| 22 | 10/18 | Introduction to Image Processing - IDL | [PDF] 8.0 MB |
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| 23 | 10/20 | Scripting and Batch Processing of Datasets | ||||
| 24 | 10/23 | Fourier Optics | [PDF] 20.1 MB |
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| 10/25 | Class Field Trip | |||||
| 25 | 10/27 | Fourier Optics (2) | ||||
| 26 | 10/30 | Fourier Optics (3) | ||||
| 27 | 11/1 | GUI's with IDL | [PDF] 5.5 MB |
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| 28 | 11/3 | Spectroscopy Introduction | pp 310-332 |
[PDF] 606 KB |
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| 29 | 11/6 | Spectroscope Design | pp 348-366 |
pp 135-142 |
[PDF] 691 KB |
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| 30 | 11/8 | Practical Example of CCD Image Analysis (4) | ||||
| 11/10 | No Class | |||||
| 31 | 11/13 | Filter Design and Choice | pp 279-285 pp 333-339 pp 421-427 |
[PDF] 975 KB |
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| 32 | 11/15 | Real World Cameras | [PDF] 1.4 MB |
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| 33 | 11/17 | Practical Reduction of CCD Spectroscopic Data | [PDF] 643 KB |
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| 34 | 11/20 | Practical Reduction of CCD Spectroscopic Data (2) | ||||
| 11/22 | No Class | |||||
| 11/24 | No Class | |||||
| 35 | 11/27 | Real World Spectrographs | [PDF] 547 KB |
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| 36 | 11/29 | Low Intensity Spectroscopy | [PDF] 869 KB |
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| 37 | 12/1 | Interferometry & Radio Astronomy - 3 Hr Class - PSF 566 | pp 220-252 |
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| 12/4 | Review | |||||
| 12/7 | Class Final Exam (take home) | |||||
| 12/11 | Class Final Exam Due - 5pm |
