| Lecture | Date | Topic | Reading (by topic #) [Key] | Homework / due date | |
| # | # / title | ||||
| 1 | T 18 Jan | 1. Course 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 | ||
| 2 | R 20 Jan | Fluxes & magnitude systems | |||
| 3 | T 25 Jan | Statistics and errors | |||
| 4 | R 27 Jan | 2. Digital detectors | M 1.3-1.9, 5.1, 5.5, 7-9, 11; W 8 | HW-1 assigned due 08 Feb | |
| 5 | T 01 Feb | Digital detectors contd. | |||
| 6 | R 03 Feb | 3. Telescopes and optics | M 3, 6.1-6.3; W 3; S 2, 4, 6-9 | ||
| 7 | T 08 Feb | Telescopes and optics contd. | HW-1 due solutions | ||
| 8 | R 10 Feb | Telescopes and optics contd. | |||
| 9 | T 15 Feb | Telescopes and optics contd. | HW-2
assigned Problems 1-6 due 24 Feb Problem 7 due 08 Mar | ||
| 10 | R 17 Feb | 4. Observing | W-2 | ||
| 11 | T 22 Feb | 5. Preliminary data processing | M-9,10,11 | ||
| 12 | R 24 Feb | Preliminary data processing contd. | HW-2 due: problems 1-6 solutions | ||
| 13 | T 01 Mar | Midterm exam (in-class) | |||
| 14 | R 03 Mar | 6. Imaging cameras | M 4.1, 5.1, 7, 11.6-11.7 | ||
| 15 | T 08 Mar | Imaging cameras contd. | |||
| 16 | R 10 Mar | 7. Spectroscopy-I: Basics | M 4.2, 5.2, 6; W 5; S 12, 13, 15; K 4; G 3, 12; Bershady 2010 "3D Spectroscopy in Astronomy" | ||
| T 15 Mar | Spring Break | ||||
| R 17 Mar | Spring Break | ||||
| 17 | T 22 Mar |
Spectroscopy-I: Dispersive elements |
HW-2 due: problem 7 | ||
| 18 | R 24 Mar |
Spectroscopy-I: Long-slit systems |
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| 19 | T 29 Mar | 8. Astrophotonics: a new era of instrumentation Joss Bland-Hawthorn (University of Sydney) Brittingham Scholar |
Required reading: Bland-Hawthorn et al. 2010 PIMMS: photonic integrated microspectrograph Leon-Saval et al. 2010 Photonic lanters Bland-Hawthorn et al. 2009 Astrophotonics: a new era for astronomical instruments Horton & Bland-Hawthorn 2007 Coupling light into few-mode optical fibres Bland-Hawthorn & Horton 2006 Instruments w/o optics: photonic spectrograph Leon-Saval et al. 2005 Multimode fibers, single-mode performance Bland-Hawthorn & Edvell Atmospheric OH suppression: aperiodic fibre Bragg grating |
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| 20 | R 31 Mar | Astrophotonics: Discussion |
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| 21 | T 05 Apr | 9. Spectroscopy-II: MOS |
Burgh et
al. 2007, PASP, 119, 1069 Bershady 2010 "3D Spectroscopy in Astronomy" |
HW-3
assigned Due 14 Apr |
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| 22 | R 07 Apr | Spectroscopy-II: reading day |
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| 23 | T 12 Apr | Spectroscopy-II: Echelles |
G12 | ||
| 24 | R 14 Apr | Spectroscopy-II: WIYN Bench Spectrograph |
Bershady
et al. 2008 Knezek et al. 2010 |
HW-3 due solutions | |
| 25 | T 19 Apr | Spectroscopy-II: SALT RSS |
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| 26 | R 21 Apr | 10. Spectroscopy-III: Interferometry |
M 5.4; W 5; S 13; K 4; G 2, 12; Bershady 2010 "3D Spectroscopy in Astronomy" | ||
| 27 | T 26 Apr | 11. 3D spectroscopy: Coupling methods |
Bershady 2010 "3D Spectroscopy in Astronomy" | ||
| 28 | R 28 Apr | 3D spectroscopy: Coupling methods contd. |
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| 29 | R 03 May | 3D spectroscopy: Coupling methods contd. |
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| 30 | T 05 May | Spectroscopy-III: Future 3D instruments |
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| T 10 May | Final exam (take home) due | ||||