FPF:UFMMTBP007 Fundamentals of astronomy and - Course Information
UFMMTBP007 Fundamentals of astronomy and astrophysics
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 4/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Tomáš Gráf, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Tomáš Gráf, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- RNDr. Tomáš Gráf, Ph.D.
Centrum interdisciplinárních studií – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- TYP_STUDIA(B)
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Multimedia techniques (programme FPF, MuMeT)
- Course objectives
- The course enables students to learn the basics of astronomy and astrophysics using resources more or less high-school mathematics and physics; some parts (History of Astronomy and part of the chapter Solar System) are presented only in popular form. Subject to the underlying physics course provides a sufficient basis for the study of advanced astronomical and astrophysical sciences.
- Learning outcomes
- The student will master the basics of classical astronomy and will be able to do basic astronomical calculations, especially in the field of: coordinate systems, refraction, physics of the solar system, astronomical instruments, photometry, spectral classification, structure and evolution of stars, variable stars, interstellar medium, galaxies
- Syllabus
- History of astronomy: Aristarchus, Hipparchus, Ptolemy, Aristotle, Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Hubble, Einstein. • Spherical astronomy: coordinate systems, precession and nutation of the Earth's axis, aberrations, parallax, refraction; constellations, maps and star catalogs; time, calendars. • Celestial mechanics: Newton's law of gravitation, escape velocity, Kepler's laws; orbital elements, Kepler's equation; mutual positions of planets, synodic and sidereal orbital periods. • Solar system: formation, planets and their moons, small bodies; Moon, eclipses and eclipses, tidal phenomena, vibrations; the apparent and real motion of the planets. • Radiation in astrophysics: radiation characteristics; radiation of an absolutely black body, temperature; radiation of atoms and molecules, Boltzmann and Sah equations; continuous and line spectrum. • Basic quantities of stars: stellar size, Pogson's equation, color index and excess, interstellar and atmospheric extinction; spectral classification, H - R diagram. • Binary stars: classification of binary stars, basic properties, mass function.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- 1. Karttunen H., Kröger P., Oja H., Poutanen M., Donner K. J., Fundamental Astronomy, Springer, 2017, ISBN 3662530449
- 4. Vanýsek V., Základy astronomie a astrofyziky, Academia, Praha, 1980.
- 2. Strobel, N., Astronomy Notes, McGraw-Hill, 2013, ISBN 9781259155734, dostupné také v elektronické verzi na http://www.astronomynotes.com/
- 3. Štefl V., Korčáková D., Krtička J., Úlohy z astrofyziky, skriptum MU Brno, 2010, dostupné také na http://www.physics.muni.cz/astroulohy/
- Teaching methods
- lecture, exercises
- Assessment methods
- written exam - calculation of examples, oral exam - theory
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2020, recent)
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