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 ====== AST 201: Introduction to Astronomy ====== ====== AST 201: Introduction to Astronomy ======
-{{:courses:ast_201.jpg?nolink&650|}} 
  
-===== Content =====+===== Contents ===== 
 +^ Chapter ^ # ^ Article ^ 
 +| 1. Introduction | 1.1 | [[un:Almagest & Revolutions]] | 
 +|:::| 1.2 | [[un:aberration|Stellar aberration]] | 
 +|:::| 1.3 | [[un:parallax|Stellar parallax]] | 
 +| 2. Light | 2.1 | [[un:Light]] | 
 +|:::| 2.2 | [[un:Magnitude]] | 
 +|:::| 2.3 | [[un:Spectrum]] | 
 +|:::| 2.4 | [[un:Blackbody]] | 
 +| 3. Measurement | 3.1 | [[un:Uncertainty]] | 
 +|:::| 3.2 | [[un:Statistics]] | 
 +|:::| 3.3 | [[un:Probability distributions]] | 
 +|:::| 3.4 | [[un:Central limit theorem]] | 
 +| 4. Spacetime | 4.1 | [[un:Coordinate systems]] | 
 +|:::| 4.2 | [[un:Distance]] | 
 +|:::| 4.3 | [[un:Time]] | 
 +|:::| 4.4 | [[un:Motion]] |
  
 +===== Old contents =====
 ^ # ^ Topic ^ Week ^ ^ # ^ Topic ^ Week ^
-| 1 | [[.:ast201:1|Overthrowing Ptolemy]] | 1 | +| 1 | [[.:ast201:1|Overthrowing Ptolemy]] | 1, 2 
-| 2 | [[.:ast201:2|Light and color]] | 2 | +| 2 | [[.:ast201:2|Light and color]] | 2, 3 
-| 3 | [[.:ast201:3|Uncertainty in observations]] | 3 | +| 3 | [[.:ast201:3|Uncertainty in observations]] | 3, 4 
-| 4 | [[.:ast201:4|Space, time and motion]] | 4 | +| 4 | [[.:ast201:4|Space, time and motion]] | 4, 5 
-| 5 | [[.:ast201:5|Naming and cataloging the sky]] | 5 |+| 5 | [[.:ast201:5|Universal database]] | 5 |
 | 6 | [[.:ast201:6|Optics for astronomy]] | 6 | | 6 | [[.:ast201:6|Optics for astronomy]] | 6 |
 | 7 | [[.:ast201:7|Astronomical telescopes]] | 7 | | 7 | [[.:ast201:7|Astronomical telescopes]] | 7 |
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 | 11 | [[.:ast201:11|Photometry: measuring light]] | 11 | | 11 | [[.:ast201:11|Photometry: measuring light]] | 11 |
 | 12 | [[.:ast201:12|Spectrometry: measuring color]] | 12 | | 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 =====
 ^ Assessment method ^ Assessment tools ^ Marks ^ Subtotal ^ Total ^ ^ Assessment method ^ Assessment tools ^ Marks ^ Subtotal ^ Total ^
-Formative assessment | Attendance | 10% | 50% | 100% | +Continuous assessment | Attendance | 10% | 45% | 100% | 
-^ ::: | Assignments (4x10%40% | ::: | ::: | +^ ::: | Punctuality | 10% | ::: | ::: | 
-^ Summative assessment | Project report 25% | 50% | ::: | +^ ::: | Python assignments | 15% | ::: | ::: | 
-^ ::: | Project presentation 25% | ::: | ::: |+^ ::: | Colloquium participation | 10% | ::: | ::: | 
 +^ Summative assessment | Midterm viva 20% | 55% | ::: | 
 +^ ::: | Final viva | 20% | ::: | ::: | 
 +^ ::: | Keystone project 15% | ::: | ::: |
  
 ===== Textbooks ===== ===== Textbooks =====
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