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2010-2011 University Catalog

ASTR 402 - Methods of Observational Astronomy

Credits: 3
Collection and analysis of data covering radio, microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma ray astronomy. Topics include electromagnetic spectrum, coordinate systems, motion of celestial objects, telescopes, detectors, statistics and noise, interferometry, and spectroscopy.

Prerequisites
ASTR 111, 112, 113, 114.

Notes
This course meets the writing-intensive requirement.

Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week: 3
Hours of Lab or Studio per week: 0