Course Identification

Title:

Observational astrophysics: from exoplanets to supernovae

Code:

20241162

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Eran Ofek, Dr. Yossi Shvartzvald

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2024

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Thursday, 09:15 - 11:00, Physics Library

First Lecture:

11/04/2024

End date:

11/07/2024

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: 2.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Elective; 2.00 points

Comments

The course will be held at Astrophysics room except for the following dates: June 27: the course will take place in the Submicron meeting room
July 4th: the course will be held at Drory Auditorium

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