A CCD-Based Undergraduate Astronomy Laboratory

本项目为本科一、二年级理科专业学生开发基于ccd的成像天文实验室课程和实验室手册。学生将学习如何规划观测，获取和校正CCD图像，以及进行复杂的图像分析。实验室的目标是让学生分享使用现代仪器和程序进行科学发现的兴奋和挑战，并避免传统技术的乏味和观察限制。现代低成本仪器的使用使学生能够将注意力集中在观测的天文意义上，而不是掌握详细的望远镜操作和摄影技术。虽然实验室的大部分设备已经可用，但该项目为计算机设备提供了少量资金，以增强图像分析，并为实验室使用HST引导星目录和旅行者号行星图像提供了一个CD- ROM系统。正在编写实验室手册，以适应各种CCD/望远镜系统，完成后将广泛分发。

This project is developing a curriculum and laboratory manual for a CCD-based imaging astronomy laboratory for first and second year undergraduate science majors. Students are learning how to plan observations, acquire and correct CCD images, and perform sophisticated image analysis. The goal of the laboratory is to allow students to share in the excitement and challenge of scientific discovery using modern instruments and procedures, and to avoid the tedium and observational limitations of traditional techniques. The use of modern low- cost instruments allows students to concentrate on the astronomical significance of the observations rather than mastery of detailed telescope operations and photographic techniques. Although most of the equipment for the laboratory was already available, the project provided modest funds for computer equipment to allow enhanced image analysis and a CD- ROM system for laboratories using the HST guide star catalog and Voyager planetary images. The laboratory manual is being written to accommodate for a variety of CCD/telescope systems and will be made available for wide distribution when completed.