Observational astronomy: measures, telescopes and detectors.

15 outubro 2019, 14:00 Santiago González Gaitán

Measures in astronomy: distance, luminosity and apparent brightness, magnitudes, colors

Telescopes: reflectors and refractors, angular resolution, light-gathering power, magnification, mounts...
Detectors: CCDs, pixels, QE, linearity, gain, readout, signal-to-noise, exposure time calculators...
Proposal: writing an observing proposal