Astronomy

Astro 341 is a laboratory class for observational astrophysics consisting of observing projects using the CCD camera on the 16" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope (in the large dome of the Strawbridge Observatory), and/or using small radio telescope(s) during an (optional) trip to the Green Bank Observatory. Data from your observations will be analyzed with either an image processing software package (AstroImageJ) or Python. A detailed observing log will be kept (and submitted) along with one sets of results written up as formal reports in the style of scientific paper and presented at the end of the semester. Various scaffolding assignments across themes related to observational astrophysics will be done by all students, used to support project work.