Course Identification

Title:

Observational astrophysics: from exoplanets to supernovae

Code:

20261022

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Eran Ofek, Dr. Yossi Shvartzvald

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2026

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Wednesday, 13:00 - 16:00, Physics Library

First Lecture:

18/03/2026

End date:

24/06/2026

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Lecture; Regular; 3.00 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

Time Standards
Coordinate Systems
Telescopes
Detectors
Atmospheric effects
Spectroscopy
Flux calibration and Magnitude systems
Signal-to-Noise
Image reduction
Observation and Survey planning
Selected topics (e.g., exoplanets, supernova)

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