F 30
Advanced Lab Course in
Physics of the University of Heidelberg
In this experiment you will use modern equipment for photometry of a globular cluster at the 70cm KING-telescope of MPIA. The experiment teaches you the basics of a CCD, how to determine it's basic parameters. If weather allows you will make your own measurements of a globular cluster at the telescope and analyse and interpret these data. (If sky is cloudy you can use existing data). See the manual for more details.
The experiment is offered on the following dates:
Winter semester 2008/2009 January 27/28, 29/30, February 2/3, 4/5, 6/9
Summer semester 2009 July 7/8,9/10,13/14,15/16,17/20
Two groups are accepted for each date. The experiment will take two days. Advisors in WS 2009/2010 are D.Crnojevic (denija@ari.uni-heideleberg.de) and A.Schruba (schruba@mpia.de)
Location: MPIA, Koenigstuhl 17 (Bus # 21)
How to get there
Instructions/Manual
Click here for the manual. All older
versions are obsolete. A guide to astronomical reductions can be found here.
Students should be able to answer the questions listed here when starting the experiment.
Interesting links for stars and HRD
The Sun
General Astrotutorial
HRD
HRD Simulator
cool astropics
This is a living page - under permanent construction - last update: Nov 27 2009
responsible for this page J.W. Fried