barospection

Presentation Content for the BAROSpection seminar

Stars are AMAZING!!!

Behold the Power of STARS

Light & Matter and Electromagnetism

1. What is Light?
2. Electromagnetic Waves
3. Photons & Matter
4. What is a Blackbody
5. Electromagnetic Spectrum
6. Modeling a Black Body
7. Waves & Particles
8. Class Jupyter Notebook - Light Basics

Spectroscopy

1. What is Spectroscopy
2. Types of Spectra
   1. Continuous Spectrum
   2. Absorption Spectrum
   3. Emission Spectrum
3. Source of Spectral Lines
4. Calculating Balmer’s Constant
5. Doppler Effect on Spectral Lines
6. Jupyter Notebook - Absorption & Emission Spectra

Star Properties

1. Star Types
2. What can you learn from Star Spectra
3. HertzSprung Russell Diagram (HRD)
4. HRD Explorer
5. Plot an HRD for Sun’s 100 Parsec neighbourhood
6. Final Project - Mystery Stars & HRD
7. HRD Presentation

Obtain Live Spectra from the BARO Telescope

1. Spectral Grating configuration on BARO
2. Selecting Targets in the Solar Neiborhood
3. Create Target List for Hot & Cool Stars & Nebulae
4. Schedule to obtain Spectra
5. Calibrate using RSpec

Analyze & Publish Spectral Images using RSpec

1. Annotated HR Diagram
2. Use RSpec to Analyze Spectral Lines
3. Measure Wavelenghts & Frequencies
4. Measure Shift in Spectral Lines
5. Compare against NIST Standard
6. Publish your results in a Jupyter Notebook
7. Post examples to RSpec website