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Date Number Subject Lecturer
05 Mar 10 4. Pulsar Observations Bryan Gaensler
i. Basics
ii. Periodicity Searches
iii. Selection Effects and Sensitivity
iv. Timing
v. Pulsar Parameters
vi. Miscellaneous Techniques
07 Mar 11 5. Calibration IS
i. Single Telescopes
ii. Arrays
6. Examples of Individual Telescopes
i. Past
- Jansky and Reber
ii. Present
- Arecibo, Goldstone, Haystack, Bonn, Green
Bank, IRAM
iii. Future
- LMT
7. Examples of Telescope Arrays
i. Past
- GBI, Cambridge
ii. Present
- VLA, VLBA, Merlin, EVLBN, ATA, Nobeyama, BIMA
iii. Near Future
- SMA, CARMA, ALMA
iv. Far Future
- LOFAR, SKA
12 Mar 12 VII. Optical and Infrared Telescopes KZS
1. Frequency Range and Sources
i. Thermal Background
2. Primary Mirrors
i. Speed and Field of View
ii. Construction: Casting, Polishing, and Testing
- Honeycomb
- Meniscus
- Multiple Mirror Segments
- Multiple Mirrors
iii. Support Structure
iv. Aluminization
- Remote Facility
- In Situ
3. Secondary Mirrors
i. Shape and System Focal Length
ii. Construction: Casting, Polishing, and Testing
iii. Support
iv. Chopping for Infrared
4. Mount and Overall Configuration
i. Equatorial
ii. Altitude-Azimuth
iii. Placement of Focus
- Prime
- Cassegrain
- Nasmyth
5. Building
i. Dome
ii. Rotating
iii. Other
14 Mar 13 6. Detectors-Optical KZS
i. Photographic Plates (PPs)
ii. Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs)
- Theory
- Practice (Dark Current, Noise, Efficiency,
Flat Fielding, Cosmic Ray Accommodations)
- Arrays
iii. Sampling
19 Mar 14 7. Active and Adaptive Optics Brian Mcleod
i. Wavefront Sensing
ii. Mirror Control
iii. Atmospheric Turbulence
iv. Artificial Guidestars
21 Mar 15 8. Instruments Dan Fabricant
i. Imaging
- Photometry
ii. Spectroscopes
- Long Slit
- Echelle
- Multiple fiber