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AS5012:06
Astronomy Instrumentation
Semester 1 (February to May) and Semester 2 (September to December).
This subject is delivered via the Internet using Blackboard through Learn JCU. Each week the student will be given lecture material, assignment material, readings and self learning. Assessment will be on a week-by-week basis and there will be a final "open-book" examination.
The material in this subject is presented via the Internet. It is equivalent to four hours of lectures, four hours of tutorials and four hours of workshops/seminars per week.
Available only to students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate of Astronomy, Graduate Diploma of Astronomy, Master of Astronomy and Doctor of Astronomy.
Assoc. Professor G White.
This subject concentrates on ground-based optical and radio observational and remote sensing techniques; on spacecraft (for planetary exploration) and space telescopes. Topics include optical telescope types, photography, CCD imaging, image processing, time measurement, astrometry, spectrographs and spectroscopy, radio telescopes, radio interferometry, radio spectroscopy. It also studies space astronomy techniques and instrumentation, the Hubble Space Telescope, orbiting infrared, X-ray, gamma ray telescopes, space VLBI, planetary probes, remote sensing, robotic and human exploration of the Moon and Mars and the economics of commercial spacecraft.