Telescopes and Detectors for Spacial Sciences

Code:

FIS4017

Acronym:

FIS4017

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Physics

Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Physics and Astronomy
Course/CS Responsible:	Master's Degree in Physical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MI:EF	5	study plan from 2017/18	4	-	6	42	162

Last updated on 2021-02-16.

Fields changed: Components of Evaluation and Contact Hours, Obtenção de frequência, Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The main objective of this course is to give students basic training in instrumentation concepts for space sciences, giving them the tools to become, one day, leaders in developing this type of technology used at ESO and ESA. This includes both the hardware component and data reduction. The course will allow students to understand the language used in the area, the various types of telescopes and instruments, and the type of data that is collected, as well as some details about its analysis. Thus this course can open strong collaborations among students (future professionals) and international institutions such as the ESO and ESA. These collaborations can materialize from the

point of view of employment but also in the context of providing technology for these institutions (because the course allows the students, as clients, to understand the language used from the companies side and better indentify potential interests)

Learning outcomes and competences

Chapter 1 gives the students an overview of the importance of the instrumentation development for the observation of the universe as well as the language used in the area. Chapters 2-6 allow the student to understand the basics of instrumentation used in space sciences. Chapter 7 allows then to explore the steps to reduce raw images, ie the necessary steps to correct an image from several instrumental effects (and leave it ready for a scientific analysis). In the last chapter we discuss the challenges and instrumentation for the next decade. The practical component will allow students to consolidate and apply some of the most important concepts taught in the theoretical component.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Lectures:
1. Observational Astronomy: historical perspective, types of data, and astrophysical goals
2. Telescopes: types of telescopes and mounts
3. Instrumentation for Astronomy: components and design, physical principles of
photometers, spectrographs, and interferometers
4. Types of detectors
5. CCDs for optical astronomy: basic principles, operation, and imaging
6. Detectors at other wavelengths
7. Image Processing
8. Instrumentation and challenges for the future

Practical component:
1. Computer classes. Pipeline for CHEOPS data reduction.

Mandatory literature

McLean Ian S.; Electronic imaging in astronomy. ISBN: 978-3-540-76582-0

Complementary Bibliography

Steve B. Howell; Handbook of CCF Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780511161056
Howell Steve B. 340; Astronomical CCD observing and reduction techniques. ISBN: 0937707424

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures using the blackboard and, when necessary, multimedia. Resolution of theoretical exercises. Presentation of scientific articles.
Practical classes to work on the project of data reduction.

Software

Python

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	20,00
Exame	40,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	10,00
Estudo autónomo	110,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Frequence of classes is not mandatory, but it is considered very importance.

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation Type: Distributed evaluation with final exam. Evaluation Formula calculated using the weighted average of 4 components:
- Written exam (40%)
- Presentation of scientific articles/instrumentation manuals (20%)
- Project on data reduction (40%)

Examinations or Special Assignments

May improve grades in the 2nd epoch exam (de recurso).

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