Newly enrolled students are invited to attend the online preparatory course "Introduction to Observational Astrophysics", coordinated by Prof. Stefano Ciroi.
The course will provide you with a very basic knowledge about fundamental concepts of Observational Astrophysics. This information will be useful for laboratory courses and for general education of students who want to get a master's degree in Astrophysics & Cosmology.
The course is open to all interested who want to strengthen and summarize concepts acquired during their studies before the official beginning of the lessons.

This is the list of the main topics with dates and time:

15.09.2025    15:00-16:30 CET    Astronomical coordinates
16.09.2025    15:00-16:30 CET    Astronomical coordinates

17.09.2025    15:00-16:30 CET    Telescopes
18.09.2025    15:00-16:30 CET    CCDs    

22.09.2025    15:00-16:30 CET    Photometry of stars and galaxies
23.09.2025    15:00-16:30 CET    Photometry of stars and galaxies

24.09.2025    15:00-16:30 CET    Spectroscopy of stars and galaxies
25.09.2025    15:00-16:30 CET    Spectroscopy of stars and galaxies

The course will be held in Zoom and the lectures will be recorded and made available to the students who have attended the course.

Registration is not needed, you can easily join the meeting online. The Zoom link is:

https://unipd.zoom.us/j/85100696981?pwd=YtWLwdKb7TgWNwIxOo9LMaUsR0yLV7.1

Meeting ID: 851 0069 6981
Passcode: 809365