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Dec 03, 2024
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2024-2025 Official General Catalog
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AST 119 - The Multi-Wavelength Universe
This course will give students access to robotic telescopes around the world from which they will take their own observations and create multi-color images while learning how astronomers reduce images and what the physical interpretations of the colors mean for each type of object. Students will observe the Moon, planets, star clusters and nurseries, stellar remnants, and galaxies in both optical and radio wavelengths. Multi-wavelength photometry and color combinations will allow students to understand the ages, temperatures, morphology, and evolution of these objects while also creating beautiful pictures of the universe.
Credits: 4
Hours
3 Class Hours; 3 Laboratory Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate scientific reasoning applied to astronomy, including an understanding of the methods scientists use to explore astronomical phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of data analysis or mathematical modeling.
- Demonstrate scientific reasoning applied to astronomy, including application of scientific data, concepts, and models in astronomy.
- Create multi-color images from images taken in multiple filters and interpret the physical processes that result in the observed colors.
- Create a cluster HR Diagram and select an isochrone to determine the cluster’s age and metallicity.
- Compare active and normal galaxy properties and their evolution.
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