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The text from The Universe through a Large Telescope was taken from the John Moores University prospectus. The stunning picture of the Liverpool Telescope was taken from the website here

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The Universe Through a Large Telecope



The Universe Through A Large Telescope: is a two-module course that will allow you to learn how to use the data collected from large professional telescopes. On the completion of this course you will know how to utilise the archives of scientific data from large telescopes; have learnt to analyse and filter the archived data for use in answering specific scientific questions.

Astronomical Techniques and Observations:

Types of Radiation.
Types of Telescopes.
Radio Astronomy.
Types of Detectors.
Spectroscopy and the Spectroscopic Method.
Interferometry.
Adaptive Optics.

Cepheid Variables: What are Cepheid variables? How do they allow us to calculate the distances to other galaxies? What physical processes drive them?

Supernova Light Curves: What does the light curve of a supernova tell us about these massive explosions of stars? How is it possible to identify the differences in the types of supernova and the stars that produce them?

Observations of objects at multi-wavelengths: How do astronomical objects appear different when viewed at different wavelengths? What can the radio and x-ray parts of the spectrum teach us about astronomical objects that visible light cannot?

Star Counts at Different Galactic Latitudes: How many stars can we see at various galactic latitudes? How does this help us determine the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy and determine our place in it?

Nova Shell Expansion Rates: How quickly do the shells of novae move away from their parent star? What do these shells tell us about the age and frequency of the nova? Can you determine the distance of the star using the expansion rates of the shell?

Planet Hunting / Spectroscopic Binaries: How can we discover the presence of planets around other stars by examining the wobble in their motion? What other methods are available to determine the presence and properties of extra-solar planets?

Classification of Radio Sources: What can we see when we look into space using a radio telescope? What are the most powerful radio sources in the sky? What is the difference between radio waves emitted by stars and those emitted by galaxies?

MAKE YOUR OWN OBSERVATIONS WITH THE 2 METRE LIVERPOOL TELESCOPE.
Towards the end of this course, you will be required to submit your own ideas for observations with the 2 metre Liverpool Telescope; the world's largest fully robotic telescope. Each student will then assess all of the proposals, and the best of them will be then be carried out and the data made available to all of the students on the course.