Universität Wien

280508 VO PM-Astr Techniques for High Spatial Resolution Observations (PI) (2018W)

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 02.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 09.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 16.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 23.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 30.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 06.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 13.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 20.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 27.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 04.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 11.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 08.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 15.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 22.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 29.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims: Knowledge and understanding of common methods for astronomical observations with high spatial resolution.
Contents: The imaging process in the Fourier and the image domain, limits for the spatial resolution of observations, the turbulent atmosphere, lucky imaging, speckle interferometry, lunar occultations, adaptive optics, long-baseline interferometry, aperture synthesis.

Assessment and permitted materials

Exam at the end of the semester

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

50% of the maximum number of points in the exam

Examination topics

Presentations.
The slides will be made available on Moodle.

Reading list

John W. Hardy: 
Adaptive Optics for Astronomical Telescopes 
(Oxford University Press 1998)
Andreas Glindemann: 
Principles of Stellar Interferometry
 (Springer 2011)

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