| Lecture | Topic | Reading (by topic #) [Key] | Homework / due date | ||
| # | Date | # / title or topic | |||
| 1 | T 17 Jan | 01. 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 19 Jan | Magnitude systems | HW-1 assigned | ||
| 3 | T 24 Jan | Statistics and errors | |||
| 4 | R 26 Jan | 02. Digital detectors | M 1.3-1.9, 5.1, 5.5, 7-9, 11; W 8 | HW-1 DUE [solutions] | |
| 5 | T 31 Jan | S/N and NIR arrays | |||
| 6 | R 02 Feb | 03. Telescopes and optics Basics |
M 3, 6.1-6.3; W 3; S 2, 4, 6-9 | HW-2 assigned | |
| 7 | T 07 Feb | Designs-1: Aberrations |
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| 8 | R 09 Feb | Designs-2: WIYN |
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| 9 | T 14 Feb | Designs-3: SALT |
HW-2 DUE [solutions] | ||
| 10 | R 16 Feb | Observing | W-2 | ||
| T 21 Feb | Midterm-1 exam | ||||
| 11 | R 23 Feb | 04. Imaging cameras SALTICAM, RSS, ODI |
HW-3 assigned in class | ||
| 12 | T 28 Feb | 05. Spectroscopy-I: Dispersive systems |
M 4.2, 5.2, 6; W 5; S 12, 13, 15; K 4; G 3, 12 | ||
| 13 | R 02 Mar |
Spectroscopy-I: Diffraction gratings |
Bershady 2010 "3D Spectroscopy in Astronomy" | ||
| 14 | T 07 Mar |
Spectroscopy-I: VPHg and novel application |
Burgh et al. 2007, PASP, 119, 1069 | HW-3 DUE | |
| 15 | R 09 Mar | 06. Spectroscopy-II: Long-slits and ADCs |
HW-4 assigned | ||
| 16 | T 14 Mar | Spectroscopy-II: MOS: imaging vs fiber |
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| 17 | R 16 Mar |
Spectroscopy-II: Echelles |
G12 | ||
| T 21 Mar | Spring Break | ||||
| R 23 Apr | |||||
| 18 | T 28 Mar | Spectroscopy-II: WIYN Bench |
Bershady
et al. 2008 Knezek et al. 2010 |
HW-4 DUE [solutions] | |
| 19 | R 30 Mar | Spectroscopy-II: SALT RSS |
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| T 04 Apr | Spectroscopy-II: continued |
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| 20 | R 06 Apr | Midterm-2 exam | |||
| 21 | T 11 Apr | 07. Spectroscopy-III: Interferometry |
M 5.4; W 5; S 13; K 4; G 2, 12 | ||
| 22 | R 13 Apr | 08. 3D spectroscopy: Fiber coupling |
Bershady 2010 "3D Spectroscopy in Astronomy" | HW-5 assigned | |
| 23 | T 18 Apr | 3D spectroscopy: Lenslets and slicers |
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| 24 | R 20 Apr | 3D spectroscopy: Current performance |
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| 25 | T 25 Apr | 3D spectroscopy: Futures: 30m's + JWST |
HW-5 DUE [solutions] | ||
| 26 | R 27 Apr | 09. Data processing Preliminaries |
M-9,10,11 | ||
| 27 | T 02 May | Image analysis Aperture photometry & Image structure |
M 4.1, 5.1, 7, 11.6-11.7 | ||
| R 04 May | Midterm-3 exam | ||||