Senior Astronomy & Astrophysics Workshop – 2022 (Grade 10 and upward)
Category : Astrophysics Training Workshops
Rs. 3,500.00
This program mainly targets "Astrophysics". We provide a comprehensive teaching-learning experience with Q and A sessions for students. Selected areas in astronomy will be discussed and model questions will be discussed during this session. Medium is mainly in Sinhala. English medium explanations will be provided if students request. This is an online program conducted via "Zoom". Grade 10 and upward students can participate in this program.
Program syllabus.
Celestial mechanics
Newton’s & Kepler’s Laws
Properties of an elliptical orbit
Determination of orbit types
Hohman transfer orbits
Barycenter & 2-body problem(Binaries)
Langrangian points
Tides
Roche limit
Physics of Stars & Planets
Blackbody radiation
Luminosity & brightness of a star
Solar constant
Luminosity & temperature of a planet
E=mc2
Basics of stellar evolution
Lifetime of a star
Luminosity – Mass relation of a star
Luminosity – life time relation of a star
HR Diagram
The Sun
Black holes (Schwarzschild radius)
Stellar Observations
Pogson ratio and equation
Apparent and absolute magnitudes
Bolometric magnitude and correction
B-V index and its applications
Light curves
Optics & Detectors
Types of Telescopes
Powers of a telescope
FOV
CCD
Celestial Coordinate Systems & Times
Celestial Sphere
Equatorial, Horizontal, Ecliptic & Galactic Coordinate Systems
Circumpolar stars
Apparent motion of the Sun (Equinox and Solstice)
Seasons on Earth
Spherical trigonometry & applications
Hour angle & Local Sidereal Time (LST)
Rising & setting times
Sidereal period
Synodic period
Solar time
Sidereal time
Observational Astronomy
Constellations
Asterisms
Star maps & charts
DSOs
Phases of Moon
Celestial measurements
Basics of Cosmology
Date and Time :
Sunday's 07.00 pm - 10.00 pm
Day 01 - 21st August 2022
Day 02 - 28th August 2022
Day 03 - 4th September 2022
Day 04 - 11th September 2022
We are only providing any two recordings out of four sessions.
Registration deadline: 19th August 2022
