Draft:Original research/Measurements

Measurements and instrumentation are parts of a course in experimental methods where students will learn how to accurately
 * 1) design a measuring system,
 * 2) collect necessary data,
 * 3) process and
 * 4) interpret the collected data, and
 * 5) present the results.

This experimental process will be practically applied in the laboratory exercises throughout the semester.

By the end of the course students are expected to understand the fundamentals of measuring systems including the particular limitations and capabilities of a number of specific measuring devices (pressure transducers, strain gages, thermocouples, etc.) and equipment (oscilloscope, data acquisition card, etc.).

In addition students are expected to understand the experimental process applied in the laboratory experiments such that they are able to successfully design and conduct an experiment and interpret and present the results.

Laboratories

 * Analytical astronomy laboratory
 * Cratering laboratory
 * Distance to the Moon
 * Electric orbits laboratory
 * Electron beam heating laboratory
 * Empiricisms laboratory
 * Galaxies laboratory
 * Intergalactic medium laboratory
 * Locating the Sun
 * Meteorites laboratory
 * Neutrinos from the Sun
 * Observational astronomy
 * Standard candles laboratory
 * Vega spectrum laboratory
 * Vertical precession
 * X-ray classification of a star
 * X-ray trigonometric laboratory

Lectures

 * Astronomical observatories
 * Backgrounds
 * Radiation bands
 * Radiation continua
 * Radiation emissions
 * Laboratory
 * Radiation detectors
 * Radiation intensities
 * Satellites for radiation astronomy
 * Spectroscopy
 * Telescopes for radiation astronomy

Problem sets

 * Angular momentum and energy
 * Column densities
 * Cosmic circuits
 * Energy phantoms
 * Furlongs per fortnight
 * Planck's equation
 * Radiation astronomy/Problem set
 * Radiation dosage
 * Radiation mathematics/Problem set
 * Spectrographs
 * Star jumping
 * Synchrotron radiation/Problem set
 * Telescopes and cameras
 * Unknown coordinate systems
 * Unusual units
 * Vectors and coordinates

Hypotheses

 * 1) Accurate measurements can be made with simple, inexpensive devices and instruments.