544-0089/03 – Astronomy (A )
Gurantor department | Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Jan Kostelecký, DrSc. | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Kamila Truparová Plšková |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor, Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students will gain an overview of the latest knowledge in the field of astronomy and astrophysics.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
The subject is divided to several topics such as: Classical Astronomy,
Astrophysics and Spherical Astronomy. There is also paid great attention to
coordinate and temporal systems.
Compulsory literature:
Sir Norman Lockyer,Science primers Science primers, ed. by Professors Huxley, Roscoe, and Balfour Stewart, D. Appleton, 1885, Michigan
Recommended literature:
Michael Zeilik: Astronomy: The Evolving Universe, Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 0521800900, 9780521800907,pgs: 552
Marc Leslie Kutner, Astronomy: A Physical Perspective,Cambridge University Press, 2003,ISBN 0521529271, 9780521529273,
pgs: 582
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Průběžná kontrola zpracovávaných úkolů ve cvičení. Písemná a ústní zkouška.
E-learning
Other requirements
Follow-up meeting of the exercises.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. History of astronomy, constellations, names of stars, data sources
2. Spherical astronomy I
3. Spherical astronomy II
4. Celestial mechnics I
5. Celestial mechnics II
6. Solar system
7. Astrophysics - spectral classification
8. Binary and multiple stars, Galaxy, basic of cosmology
9. Some problems from spherical astronomy
10. Some problemas from celestial mechanics I
11. Some problemas from celestial mechanics II
12. Astronomical time systems
13. Precession and nutation
14. Parallax
15. Some problems of today´s astrophysics
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction