- Positional astronomy: coordinate systems,
spherical geometry, precession, time
- Statistics: sample and parent population,
mean and variance, binomial, Poisson and Gaussian
distributions, regression, correlation,
chi-squared, non-parametric statistics
- Optics: geometric optics, telescope
design, aberrations, physical optics
- Atmosphere: refraction, seeing, adaptive
optics, observatory sites, atmospheric extinction
and emission
- Detectors: semiconductors, dark current,
Johnson noise, photodiodes, bolometers, CCDs,
infrared arrays
- Data processing: introduction to IDL
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- Photometry: photometric and radiometric
concepts, magnitudes, photometric systems,
absolute calibration, signal to noise, practical
considerations
- Spectroscopy: typical slit spectrometer,
prisms, gratings, practical considerations
- Radio astronomy: single aperture radio
telescopes, brightness and antenna
temperatures, interferometry, aperture
synthesis,
- Space astronomy: why do it, technical
considerations, residual atmosphere,
attitude control & determination
- X-ray astronomy: interaction of X-rays
with matter, X-ray optics, X-ray detectors
- Neutrino astronomy
- Gravitational wave astronomy
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