ASTR 3880 - Foundations of Astronomy

Institution:

University of Toledo

Subject:

Description:

Positional Astronomy and Time; Telescopes and Optics; Detection and Characterization of Light (Imaging, Photometry and Spectroscopy); Data Reduction and Measurements; Fundamental Techniques of Astronomy (Parallax, Magnitudes, Interstellar Extinction, Doppler Shift and Spectral Line Widths, Stellar Classification, Color-Magnitude and Color-Color Diagrams, Lightcurves, and Redshifts); Measuring Properties of Stars, Star Clusters, Galaxies, and the Universe.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

ASTR 2020 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND PHYS 3310 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND MATH 3610 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.utoledo.edu/

Phone Number:

(419) 530-4636

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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