Course Identification

Title:

Observational astrophysics: from exoplanets to supernovae

Code:

20251022

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Eran Ofek, Dr. Yossi Shvartzvald

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2025

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Thursday, 09:15 - 12:00, Drori Auditorium

First Lecture:

27/03/2025

End date:

03/07/2025

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: 2.00 points
Chemical Sciences: 3.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

25

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Pass / Fail

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Assignments:

20%

Final:

80%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

2

Syllabus

Not yet available.

Learning Outcomes

1. Telescopes across the electromagnetic spectrum, including neutrino & GW detectors.

2. Instrumentation and detectors

3. Noise and Signal-to-noise ratio

4. Image processing (operator), calibration, photometry, and spectroscopy.

5. Selected observational topics: Exo-Planets, Transients, Gravitational lensing

Reading List

Not yet available.

Website

N/A