Independent Study: Stromgren Photometry (Fall 2012)

This material can be found online at URL

http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/stromgren/stromgren.html

Note that we may not meet every week for the full time listed.

Class hours

   Tuesday   10:00 - noon       CAR-3240
   Thursday  10:00 - 11:00 AM   CAR-3240

Office Hours

   Monday     9:00 -  10:00 AM  CAR-1274                          
   Wednesday 11:00 -  noon      CAR-1274
   Thursday  11:00 -  noon      CAR-1274
   Friday    11:00 -  noon      CAR-1274

The purpose of this independent study course is to understand the strengths and limitations of the Stromgren intermediate-band photometric system, and to apply it to the task of classifying stars in the open cluster M103.

• References to Stromgren photometry
• Catalogs of interest
• Filters and stellar spectra
• All-sky photometry
  • some practice simulated data
• Open Cluster M103
• WIYN 0.9m run
• References for planning asteroid observations

Wiki for Stromgren Photometry course

Calendar

Nov 7 - 14	Observing run at WIYN 0.9m telescope. A portion of this time may be spent on observations for this project.
Nov 10	ASRAS Paper Session at St. John Fisher

This page maintained by Michael Richmond. Last modified Sep 6, 2012.