This repo is left only as an archival purpose.
See the latest SNU AO Class notes at
All the lecture notes are primarily made by Yoonsoo P. Bach. I tried not to make typo, logically wrong statement, etc. If any problem is there in the note, that's solely my fault, so please be kind and let me know so that the notes can be updated.
| Semester | Instructor | TA |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 Fall | professor Masateru Ishiguro | Sunho Jin, Y. P. Bach (unofficial) |
| 2018 Spring | professor Masateru Ishiguro | Sunho Jin, Y. P. Bach (unofficial) |
| 2017 Fall | professor Masateru Ishiguro | Y. P. Bach (& Da-Eun Kang) |
| 2017 Spring | professor Masateru Ishiguro | Y. P. Bach (& Na-Eun Shin) |
| 2016 Fall | professor Masateru Ishiguro | Y. P. Bach |
- In 2018: This repo made. Many documents changed from ipynb to md.
- In 2017: Made GitHub repo AO_2017 and website. They are still remaining as archive purpose.
- In 2016: No GitHub, but just MS Word-based lecture notes of PyRAF.
You may have your preferences to use this repo. One of the possible suggestions is to clone/fork this repo and pull regularly to keep updated:
$ cd <Where you want to download this lecture note>
# For the first time only:
$ git clone https://github.com/ysBach/AO_LectureNotes.git
# From the second time:
$ git pull
The following lecture notes only gives you idea how to use tools for data reduction. You must be aware of what you are doing! Identical procedure to the lecture note may give different results, depending on what you've done other than what I did when I make the notes.
- Installation of softwares
- Basics you should at least know about UNIX and Python.
- IRAF
- TA-Extra: Python basic.
- For installation part, see the installation note.
- Photometry using Python
- Preprocessing using Python
- Photometry Appendix:
- Spectroscopy Concepts
- Spectroscopy in Python
- Spectroscopy Appendix:
- Spectroscopy Example (See lecture 10 for detailed explanations)
- How to use SMOKA (pptx version)
- Spectroscopy in IRAF (docx version)
- Although these are uploaded to our Slack workspace, please contact me (dbstn95@gmail.com) if you need these:
- The observation scheduler spread sheet link
- The TRIPOL manual
- The handwritten lecture note
| Date | Contents | Corresponding Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-22 (Thu) | Observation tutorial at building #45 | eTL Notice |
| 2018-03-27 (Tue) | On Observation Planning | Note by Sunho Jin |
| 2018-03-29 (Thu) | Statistics and Photometry | Y. P. Bach's handwritten notes |
| 2018-04-02 (Mon) | TA Extra-Session (IRAF/PyRAF installation + Python basic) | Python basic |
| 2018-04-03 (Tue) | Photometry Theory + UNIX, IRAF, and other astronomy-related softwares | Y. P. Bach's handwritten notes & "IRAF" lecture note |
| 2018-04-05 (Thu) | Photometry on the computer (using python) | Photometry using python |
| ~ June | Students' group projects | |