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Course Information

FY2RC_ASF Astronomy & Astrophysics

Faculty of Education
autumn 2010

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc. (lecturer)

Supervisor

prof. RNDr. Vladislav Navrátil, CSc.
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics - Physics Section - Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

FY2RC_F1 Mechanics

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• Study to Extending Teaching Qualification (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization Fyzika pro základní školy)

Course objectives

Students are inform about astronomy and his research methods on selected examples. Aims is creating integrated actual astronomical picture of universe.

Syllabus

• 1.Determination of distances in astronomy
• 2.Basic parameters of stars. The third Kepler s law. Spectral classification
• 3.The Hetzsprung-Russell diagram
• 4.Physics of stellar interiors
• 5.Origin, evolution, and final stadii of stars
• 6.Stellar evolution in close binaries
• 7.Galaxy. Stellar populations and their characteristics
• 8.Galaxies. Quasars
• 9.Structure of the Universe. Red shift. Hubble s Law
• 10.The Cosmological Principle. Models of the Universe. Determinations of the Hubble Constant, decceleration parameter and average density of the Universe. The relict radiation
• 11.The Sun and the solar system. The terrestrial planets. Cosmogony of the solar system

Literature

• VANÝSEK, Vladimír. Základy astronomie a astrofyziky. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1980. 541 s. info
• ŠTEFL, Vladimír. Vybrané kapitoly z astrofyziky. 1. vyd. Brno: Rektorát UJEP, 1985. 81 s. info

Teaching methods

classical lectures, knowledges of main research methods of astronomy on selected examples and physical substance of astronomical bodies and phenomena

Assessment methods

oral exam

Follow-Up Courses

• FY2RC_CASF Astronomy Calculus

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: lze i blokově.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, autumn 2009, autumn 2011, autumn 2012, autumn 2013.

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