FU:FYBSC0008 Fundamentals of astronomy and - Course Information
FYBSC0008 Fundamentals of astronomy and astrophysics
Institute of physics in Opavawinter 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 4/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Jiří Kovář, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Daniel Charbulák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Jiří Kovář, Ph.D.
Institute of physics in Opava - Prerequisites
- ( FAKULTA ( FU ) && TYP_STUDIA ( B ))
Fundamentals of classical mechanics. - 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
- Astrophysics (programme FU, FYZB)
- Astronomy and popularization (programme FU, FYZB)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to enable students to get familiar with the basics of astronomy and astrophysics by using the techniques of more or less high-school mathematics and physics; some parts are presented only in a popular form. The course aims to provide a sufficient foundation for the study of more advanced parts of astronomy and astrophysics.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will be experienced in fundamentals of astronomy and astrophysics.
- Syllabus
- 1) History of astronomy: Aristarchos, Hipparchos, Ptolemy, Aristotle, Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Hubble, Einstein. 2) Spherical astronomy: coordinate systems, precession and nutation of the Earth's axis, aberration, parallax, refraction; constellations, maps and catalogues of stars; time, calendars. 3) Celestial mechanics: Newton's law of gravitation, escape velocity, Kepler's laws; orbital elements, Kepler's equation; relative positions of planets, synodic and sideric orbits. 4) Solar system: formation, planets and their moons, small bodies; moon, eclipses and occultations, tidal phenomena, libration; apparent and actual motion of planets. 5) Radiation in astrophysics: characteristics of radiation; black body radiation, temperatures; radiation of atoms and molecules, Boltzmann and Sah equations; continuous and line spectra. 6) Basic characteristics of stars: stellar magnitude, Pogson's equation, colour index and extinction, interstellar and atmospheric extinction; spectral classification, H - R diagram. 7) Binaries: classification of binaries, basic properties, mass function.
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, discussions, problem solving.
- Assessment methods
- TBA
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (winter 2024, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.slu.cz/course/fu/winter2024/FYBSC0008