LEARNING OUTCOMES
Participants of the course will learn about preparation, conduction and data reduction of modern astronomical observations. They will participate in the forefront research projects on stellar evolution, galaxy evolution and cosmology and contribute to obtaining the new measurements.
CONTENT
The students will be performing observations with Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) and reduce the data they obtain. The course covers instrumentation, visibility studies, observational conditions and planning the observational run; Telescope control system; Preparation of the observing run: choosing exposures, filters, grisms for the science goals; Calibration observations; Target acquisition; Performance spectroscopic and imaging observations; Data reduction and visualization; Performing the scientific experiment: planing, conducting, adjusting, reporting. The students will be given a short introduction to the data reduction, with a full detail on data reduction being a subject of PAP308 course.
