Astronomy 511: Topics in Instrumentation


Time and location:

Thursday 1:30 pm - 3.30pm in CLE D132.


Course schedule/content (linked lecture slides):

Lecture notes

Jan 4: Optical telescopes/instrumentation I - Luc Simard

Jan 11: Optical telescopes/instrumentation II - Luc Simard

Jan 18: Adaptive optics I - Dave Anderson

Jan 25: Optical/NIR detetectors - Tim Hardy

Feb 1: Adaptive optics II - Dave Anderson

Feb 8: Canadian facilties - Gemini/CFHT/JWST - Steph Cote/Alan McConnachie/Chris Willott

------ Reading break Feb 12-16 ------------

Feb 22: Radio Astronomy and single dishes (e.g., JCMT) - James Di Francesco

Mar 1: Radio Interferometry and ALMA - Brenda Matthews

Mar 8: ALMA DR project - Brenda Matthews

Mar 15: Radio Receivers - Lisa Locke

Mar 22: Future facilities jamboreee I - MSE/TMT - Alan McConnachie./Luc Simard

Mar 29: Future facilities jamboreee II - SKA/ngVLA - Doug Johnstone/James Di Francesco

Apr 5: In class TAC assessment (Gemini proposals)


Assessment and deadlines:

Assignment Pecentage Deadline set/marked by
Optical/NIR problem set 15% Feb 16 Dave/Tim/Luc
Gemini proposal 25% Mar 1 Sara/Steph
ALMA data reduction 25% Mar 19 Brenda
Gemini TAC 10% Apr 6 Sara
JWST proposal 25% April 12 Chris