AST 301 — Unit Three Outline

Prof. Paul R. Shapiro
Unit Three: Light and Telescopes

(1) Light: Wave Particle Duality

(2) Waves
      (a) Periodic waves: wavelength, frequency, speed, period
            (i) Relationship between lambda, f, and v
      (b) Light waves and the speed of light vs. wavelenght and frequency
      (c) Light as electromagnetic waves (radiation)
      (d) The spectrum of light

(3) Measuring the speed of light
      (a) Ole Roemer and the moons of Jupiter
      (b) James Bradley and Aberration of Starlight

(4) Telescopes and Optics
      (a) Reflection
      (b) Refraction
      (c) Diffraction
      (d) Resolving Power
      (e) Modern Telescopes
      (f) Spectrographs

(5) The Doppler Effect and Measuring Radial Velocity		 link to outline
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