====== AST 201: Introduction to Astronomy ======

===== Topics =====
^ # ^ Topic ^ Week ^
| 1 | [[.:ast201:1|Overthrowing Ptolemy]] | 1, 2 |
| 2 | [[.:ast201:2|Light and color]] | 2, 3 |
| 3 | [[.:ast201:3|Uncertainty in observations]] | 3, 4 |
| 4 | [[.:ast201:4|Space, time and motion]] | 4, 5 |
| 5 | [[.:ast201:5|Universal database]] | 5 |
| 6 | [[.:ast201:6|Optics for astronomy]] | 6 |
| 7 | [[.:ast201:7|Astronomical telescopes]] | 7 |
| 8 | [[.:ast201:8|Light and matter]] | 8 |
| 9 | [[.:ast201:9|Detectors of light]] | 9 |
| 10 | [[.:ast201:10|Digital image processing]] | 10 |
| 11 | [[.:ast201:11|Photometry: measuring light]] | 11 |
| 12 | [[.:ast201:12|Spectrometry: measuring color]] | 12 |

===== Assignments =====
^ # ^ Assignment ^ Topic ^
| 1 | [[https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1ehdf2W9T8BbizP3cWW3kRkAHWVS_OMfp?usp=sharing|Power profiles of stars]] | 2 |
| 2 | [[https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1JOZ8Ev-nO1D0MpDhLp5G8fneniXijdnf?usp=sharing|Gaia HR diagram]] | 2 |
| 3 | [[https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1MdVr_DAp1ipE8jBvhH63c83IwSj6kqJF?usp=sharing|Central limit theorem]] | 3 |

===== Assessment =====
^ Assessment method ^ Assessment tools ^ Marks ^ Subtotal ^ Total ^
^ Formative assessment | Attendance | 20% | 40% | 100% |
^ ::: | Midterm viva | 20% | ::: | ::: |
^ Summative assessment | Project report | 20% | 60% | ::: |
^ ::: | Project presentation | 15% | ::: | ::: |
^ ::: | Final viva | 30% | ::: | ::: |

===== Textbooks =====
  - Chromey, //To Measure the Sky//
  - Bradt, //Astronomy Methods//
  - Karttunen et al., //Fundamental Astronomy//